Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 11, 2018

As I was starting to write this blog, yet another retail program data breach occurred, for Marriott’s Starwood loyalty program. But it looks like my own personal data has been breached – again. To make a long story short – the top reason that they didn’t invest in data security was “lack of perceived need” at 52%.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Consumers have their Say about Protection of Personal Data – Call for More Stringent Controls. We live in a digital world in which we engage with significant social, government, retail, business and entertainment services now delivered without any direct human service management. Governments need to take action.

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IT Governance

APRIL 2, 2020

Millions of Brazilians’ data leaked after being stored in unprotected database (81.5 Anonymous secret-sharing app Whisper exposed sensitive personal data (unknown). Dutch government loses two external hard drive containing personal data (6.9 Financial information.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

The landscape of cybersecurity laws and regulations today is set to undergo significant changes, impacting businesses, government entities, and individuals alike. The act mandates that businesses implement reasonable safeguards to protect personal data and timely report data breaches.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 25, 2019

Home improvement retailer B&Q has suffered a data breach affecting 70,000 of its… well, not customers, exactly. There’s nothing in GDPR that says those people suspected of criminal behaviour don’t have the same rights to the protection of their personal data as anyone else.”.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 21, 2018

Only time will tell – and we may not have to wait long – but in the meantime, what is the impact of data breaches in the retail industry, and what needs to be done to mitigate them? The data included contact information, usernames and encrypted passwords. What is the cost of a data breach? million users was compromised.

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IT Governance

JULY 1, 2021

If you find yourself facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help. Our Cyber Incident Response service provides the help you need to deal with the threat, as our experts guide you through the recovery process. They’ll review the breach, mitigate the damage and ensure that you are up and running again as soon as possible.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The incident occurred in late November, with the sports retail giant gearing up for Black Friday and the start of the World Cup. Intersport was initially confident that the attackers didn’t access customer data, but a Tech Monitor report claims that the Hive ransomware gang posted the information online weeks after the attack.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Gloucester Council cyber attack linked to Russian hackers (unknown) Parents warned after scam emails at Liverpool secondary school (unknown) DatPiff data being sold online after password-cracking attack (7.5 If you find yourself facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help. Financial information.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Local government agencies remain acutely exposed to being hacked. However, at this moment in history, two particularly worrisome types of cyber attacks are cycling up and hitting local government entities hard: ransomware sieges and election tampering. That’s long been true.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2020

The hacker who shared with the ISIS personal data of more than 1,300 U.S. government and military personnel will remain in a federal prison. Ardit Ferizi , aka Th3Dir3ctorY, is the hacker that supported the ISIS organization by handing over data for 1,351 US government and military personnel.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

A data processor is the organisation that does the legwork; it processes the information on the controller’s behalf. For example, a marketing executive at a retailer hires a company to conduct a survey on shoppers’ browsing habits. That’s not to say that the data processor is entirely at the whim of the data controller.

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Collibra

APRIL 11, 2023

Retail is a dynamic and competitive market. In addition to the traditional brick-and mortar-stores, the retail business today includes online and mobile stores. Every process at every stage of these stores relies on data. The right kind of data can drive great innovations in retail. What if they do not match?

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Retail Marketing Compliance Sales 97

IT Governance

JUNE 30, 2022

million) Brazilian retailer Fast Shop confirms cyber attack (unknown) ADM Associates announces security incident (unknown) Guardian Fueling Technologies has been hacked (unknown) Pape-Dawson Engineers, Inc. If you’re facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help. In other news… WeLeakInfo.to

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 3, 2019

You must tell people when you’re collecting their personal information to give them the opportunity to exercise their data subject rights. These rights enable individuals to access the personal data organisations store on them and to challenge the way their information is used. Clearly state why you are using CCTV.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Welcome to our November 2022 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. Elsewhere, we assess data breaches at a cancer research facility and the US retailer Bed Bath & Beyond. Get started.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are almost upon us, kickstarting what retailers hope will be a successful trading period. However, the flurry of purchases and the data that represents means cyber criminals will also be looking to cash in. The post Shopping safely over Black Friday and Cyber Monday appeared first on IT Governance Blog.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 1, 2021

If you find yourself facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help. The post List of data breaches and cyber attacks in November 2021 – 223.6 million records breached appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. Financial information.

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Data breaches Ransomware Computer and Electronics Healthcare 141

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Not only does it affect the way organisations process personal data, but also extends data subjects rights in terms of how their data is processed. What is a data subject access request (DSAR)? Speak to an expert >> The post Subject Access Requests in Scotland: Do you know what data is held about you?

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 12, 2018

On January 8, 2017, the UK Information Commissioner (“ICO”) issued an unprecedented monetary penalty of £400,000 against British mobile phone retailer, The Car Phone Warehouse Limited. the encryption keys for historical transactions were not stored safely.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 19, 2020

In this blog, we take a close look at what a data controller and processor does and how they fit into your organisation. What is a data controller? A data controller determines the purposes for which an organisation collects and uses personal data. Are you a data controller or a data processor?

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GDPR Personal data Compliance Privacy 85

IT Governance

DECEMBER 1, 2020

million) Phil i ppines COVID-19 track and trace app leaks citizens’ data (unknown) Contractor mistakenly removed data from Hong Kong’s Queen Mary Hospital (442) Cloud Clusters Inc. The post List of data breaches and cyber attacks in November 2020 – 586 million records breached appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

There are dozens of private companies that specialize in providing consumer credit reports and scores to specific industries, including real estate brokers, landlords, insurers, debt buyers, employers, banks, casinos and retail stores.

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Access Security Military Retail 253

Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2023

The group published the following message on its leak site to clarify the theft of data from government agencies reported by some media: “ WE GOT A LOT OF EMAILS ABOUT GOVERNMENT DATA, WE DON’T HAVE ANY GOVERNMENT DATA AND ANYTHING DIRECTLY RESIDING ON EXPOSED AND BAD PROTECTED NOT ENCRYPTED FILE TRANSFER WE STILL DO THE POLITE THING AND DELETE ALL.

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Ransomware Data breaches Retail Government 98

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 23 November. Just days before Black Friday, Amazon suffered a data breach in which an undisclosed number of customers’ names and email addresses were accidentally exposed on its website. Here are this week’s stories. Allsopp was a willing participant in the crime.

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Data breaches Personal data Passwords Encryption 83

Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 1, 2020

On November 26, 2020, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) announced that it imposed a fine of €2.25 million on Carrefour France and a fine of €800,000 on Carrefour Banque for various violations of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and Article 82 of the French Data Protection Act governing the use of cookies.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2023

Here, you’ll find an overview of the cyber security landscape in 2022, including the total number of publicly disclosed security incidents, the number of compromised records and the sectors most susceptible to data breaches. IT Governance discovered 1,063 security incidents in 2022, which accounted for 480,014,323 breached records.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 19, 2018

If these could have been used to identify individuals, this would have constituted a personal data breach under the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). It has also contacted the Information Commissioner’s Office, which “confirmed that this was not a data breach and no personal data was compromised”.

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Retail Data breaches Personal data GDPR 51

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2023

So, each month, we’ll update this page with the latest figures and links, so be sure to bookmark it to keep an eye out for the latest data breach news. IT Governance is dedicated to helping organisations tackle the threat of cyber crime and other information security weaknesses. million people.

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Data breaches Insurance Personal data Ransomware 118

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Cyber attack on Italian National Institute for Social Assistance threatens users’ personal data. privacy officials look into data breach involving bankrupt computer retailer. Chinese police arrest 21 over data theft at Alibaba’s delivery arm: Xinhua. Brazilian credit bureau investigates potential data leak.

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Data breaches Passwords Ransomware Phishing 111

IT Governance

MAY 4, 2021

million) Wyoming Department of Health leaking data online (164,021) Maine government website displayed mental health patients’ confidential information (unknown) Israel: Private patient cases of deceased psychologist found on the street (unknown) Contact tracing data breach exposes health information of Pennsylvanians (72,000).

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Data breaches Ransomware Computer and Electronics Healthcare 114

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 24, 2021

Businesses are governed by an increasingly complex network of regulations, jurisdictions, and standards which dictate security and privacy requirements. The retail sector, especially, is a lucrative target for credential stuffing attacks , resulting in billions lost every year. Thu, 06/24/2021 - 07:22.

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Authentication Compliance Personal data GDPR 71

Hunton Privacy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

On September 15, 2016, the New Jersey Senate unanimously approved a bill that seeks to limit retailers’ ability to collect and use personal data contained on consumers’ driver and non-driver identification cards.

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Privacy Retail Personal data Insurance 45

IT Governance

DECEMBER 4, 2024

National Public data breach In August 2024, NPD (National Public Data) confirmed a breach that compromised sensitive information, including Social Security numbers, affecting nearly all Americans. The breach was linked to unauthorised access attempts in December 2023 and potential data leaks in April and summer 2024.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

One is the issue of insecure data privacy, which can occur due to improper data scrubbing, data storage, and data sharing on the internet, which can expose individuals to malicious misuse of their personal data. Amazon Rekognition has been well regarded by government agencies and other secure users.

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IT Governance

JULY 5, 2022

Welcome to our July 2022 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over their personal data. The next most frequent targets were software-as-a-service and webmail providers (20.5%) and e-commerce sites and retail stores (14.6%).

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erwin

JUNE 11, 2020

Aside from these, these data intelligence tools also provide healthcare institutions with an encompassing view of the hospital and care critical data that hospitals can use to improve the quality and level of service and increase their economic efficiency. Data quality management. Enhanced data discovery and visualization.

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