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Electronic payment gateway Slim CD disclosed a data breach impacting 1.7M individuals

Security Affairs

Payment gateway provider Slim CD disclosed a data breach, credit card and personal data of almost 1.7 The electronic payment gateway Slim CD disclosed a data breach following a cyberattack. Personal data and credit card details of 1,693,000 individuals were compromised.

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REvil ransomware gang recommends that Apple buy back its data stolen in Quanta hack

Security Affairs

REvil ransomware gang is attempting to extort Apple ahead of the Apple Spring Loaded event threatening to sell stolen blueprints belonging to the IT giant that were stolen from Quanta Computer. Quanta Computer is a Taiwan-based manufacturer of notebook computers and other electronic hardware. Pierluigi Paganini.

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What is data loss and how does it work?

IT Governance

Unlike desktop computers, laptops don’t have extra covers to protect them from water damage, which increases your risk of electronic components short circuiting. Computer viruses. When the victim opens the file, the malicious program encrypts the data on their device and potentially spreads across the network.

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Plaintiff is Able to Get Some Subpoenas for Personal Data Quashed, But Not All: eDiscovery Case Law

eDiscovery Daily

With regards to the pre-incident phone records, Judge Lasnik indicated that “defendants have identified a specific need to confirm events and authenticate communications that are directly relevant to a determination of whether defendants’ negligence and/or the vessel’s unseaworthiness caused plaintiff’s injuries.

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Saudi Arabia’s New Data Protection Law – What you need to know

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

The Middle East’s data protection regulatory landscape is complex, and continues to develop with Saudi Arabia’s ( KSA ) newly published Personal Data Protection Law ( PDPL ). While the PDPL contains the main features of a modern data protection law, it cannot be considered a direct analogue of the GDPR.

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Data Breach Bills Clear Senate Judiciary Committee

Hunton Privacy

Because the bills were approved on a party-line vote, and several other data breach bills currently are under consideration by other Senate committees, the prospects for these three bills in the full Senate are uncertain. The Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act of 2011 (the “Blumenthal Bill”) is the broadest in scope.

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The Burden of Privacy In Discovery

Data Matters

Relatively recent advances in technology — smartphones and social media, in particular — have allowed businesses to collect, store, and find ways to monetize far more personal data than ever before. Private matters were discoverable by default, even where the privacy interests were significant and the relevance only marginal.

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