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GUEST ESSAY: How stricter data privacy laws have redefined the ‘filing’ of our personal data

The Last Watchdog

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), soon to be superseded by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) on January 1, 2023, applies to both electronic and paper records. For one, it’s estimated that 80 percent of the data gathered by organizations is unstructured; this includes text, video, audio and image files.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 22 – 28 April 2024

IT Governance

Honor, Huawei, iFlytek, OPPO, Samsung Electronics, Tencent, Vivo and Xiaomi Technology. Data breached: <1 billion people’s data. Known data breached Discord (via Spy.pet) Source (New) IT services USA Yes 4,186,879,104 Baidu, Inc., iSharing is used by more than 35 million users. Nguyen, Aref Azizpour and Matthew C.

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Indonesia Soon to Become the Fifth ASEAN Country to Adapt Data Privacy Laws

Security Affairs

On January 28th, Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Information Technology announced that the final draft for the Personal Data Protection Act has been submitted to the president of Indonesia. The PDP Draft Law is now sitting with the House of Representatives and other concerned government officials. General personal data v.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 22 – 28 January 2024

IT Governance

Compromised data includes victims’ names, addresses, phone numbers and Aadhaar numbers (a 12-digit government identification number). It remains unclear how the data breach occurred, but the attackers apparently suggested it was the result of “exploiting vulnerabilities within government databases of telecommunication systems”.

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China’s PIPL has finally arrived, and brings helpful clarification (rather than substantial change) to China’s data privacy framework

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

Rather than bringing substantial changes to the existing China data privacy framework, the PIPL helpfully consolidates and clarifies obligations on processing of personal information at a national law level. To be clear, this is not China’s own GDPR.

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GDPR and The Data Governance Imperative

AIIM

This is the 12th post in a series on privacy by Andrew Pery. Data Privacy and Open Data: Secondary Uses under GDPR. Mitigate Data Privacy and Security Risks with Machine Learning. The Privacy and Security Dichotomy. GDPR and Cross Border Data Flows between the EU and the US: Current State of the Law.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 26 February – 3 March 2024

IT Governance

According to Bleeping Computer , Crimemarket “was the largest cybercrime market in the country and a hub for trading illegal drugs, narcotics, and cybercrime services, while it also hosted tutorials/guides for conducting various crimes”. The ICO has issued an enforcement notice and a warning to the Home Office. NIST CSF 2.0