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NEW TECH: DigiCert Document Signing Manager leverages PKI to advance electronic signatures

The Last Watchdog

Most of us, by now, take electronic signatures for granted. Yet electronic signatures do have their security limitations. As digital transformation has quickened, it has become clear that electronic signatures are destined to become even more pervasively used to conduct business remotely. Achieving high assurance.

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News alert: Seventh Sense unveils a revolutionary privacy solution — face-based PKI and ‘eID’

The Last Watchdog

10, 2024, CyberNewsWire — Seventh Sense , a pioneer in advanced cybersecurity solutions, announces the launch of SenseCrypt , a revolutionary new platform that sets a new standard in secure, privacy-preserving identity verification. Singapore, Sept.

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

The Last Watchdog

Related: GDPR and the new privacy paradigm. The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), soon to be superseded by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) on January 1, 2023, applies to both electronic and paper records. The reason tends to be due to speed and compute costs, considering the over “ 2.5

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Sealed U.S. Court Records Exposed in SolarWinds Breach

Krebs on Security

The ongoing breach affecting thousands of organizations that relied on backdoored products by network software firm SolarWinds may have jeopardized the privacy of countless sealed court documents on file with the U.S. federal court system, according to a memo released Wednesday by the Administrative Office (AO) of the U.S.

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

Hunton Privacy

2628 (the “Act”), which requires private employers with a place of business in New York State to provide their employees prior written notice, upon hiring, of any electronic monitoring, as defined in the Act, to which the employees will be subjected by the employer. On November 8, 2021, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law A.430/S.2628

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Data Protection: Where’s the Brexit Privacy Dividend?

Data Protector

No longer might UK privacy pros feel obliged to wait for the publication of weirdly worded EDPB opinions. Enormous amounts of money have been spent in a belated acknowledgement of, in many cases, decades of under investment on privacy issues. The GDPR has had a profound impact on many organisations. Was such a fine really appropriate?

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