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New York State Requires Private Employers to Notify Employees of Electronic Monitoring

Hunton Privacy

On November 8, 2021, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law A.430/S.2628 The required notice must be in writing, in an electronic record or other electronic form and must be acknowledged by the employee in writing or electronically. The Act will become effective 180 days after becoming law, on May 7, 2022.

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Notice of employer electronic monitoring

Data Protection Report

On November 8, 2021, New York became the third state to require private employers to provide employees with notice of employer monitoring of phone, email, and internet access/usage. Note also that these state laws are in addition to employers’ obligations under federal laws, such as the Electronic Communications Priva.

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Acer Philippines disclosed a data breach after a third-party vendor hack

Security Affairs

is a Taiwanese multinational company that produces computer hardware and electronics, Acer is investigating the security breach with the help of cybersecurity experts and notified the National Privacy Commission (NPC) and the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) in the Philippines.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in November 2021 – 223.6 million records breached

IT Governance

With one month left in 2021, the annual total running total of compromised records is to just shy of 5 billion. The post List of data breaches and cyber attacks in November 2021 – 223.6 In November, we discovered 81 publicly disclosed cyber security incidents, accounting for 223,615,390 breached records.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in June 2021 – 9.8 million records breached

IT Governance

We found a comparatively low 9,780,931 breached records from publicly disclosed security incidents in June 2021. But don’t be fooled by that number – it comes from 106 incidents, which is roughly average for the year. discloses ransomware incident (unknown). discloses ransomware incident (unknown).

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Large-Scale Collection of Cell Phone Data at US Borders

Schneier on Security

The Washington Post is reporting that the US Customs and Border Protection agency is seizing and copying cell phone, tablet, and computer data from “as many as” 10,000 phones per year, including an unspecified number of American citizens. ports of entry.

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Norton 360 Now Comes With a Cryptominer

Krebs on Security

Norton 360 , one of the most popular antivirus products on the market today, has installed a cryptocurrency mining program on its customers’ computers. According to the FAQ posted on its site , “ Norton Crypto ” will mine Ethereum (ETH) cryptocurrency while the customer’s computer is idle.

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