South Korea has fined Facebook $6.1 million for privacy violations. Facebook shared the personal information of 3.3 million residents without collecting proper user consent. Read More
New report from Allianz finds that cyber crime causes the most expensive insurance losses, but that internal failures are the most frequent overall reasons for cyber claims. Read More
A German court has slashed a GDPR fine assessed to one of the country's largest telecommunications service providers by over 90%, calling it "unreasonably high." Read More
Privacy groups are raising alarms about some EU aid programs. Funds, equipment and training are reportedly going to repressive governments and being used explicitly for domestic surveillance. Read More
Most businesses are concerned about cloud security. However, only a few adopted specialized online cloud security capabilities, while the majority were using inappropriate tools. Read More
Holiday Shopping ID Theft Survey revealed that consumers are more concerned about retail data breaches, are more aware of identity protection services, and has embraced online shopping largely due to the pandemic. Read More
Among the major highlights of the Verizon Cyber Espionage Report: criminal organizations and former employees play a trivial role in overall attempts, the overwhelming majority come from states. Read More
Despite the NSA warning of hackers exploiting bugs such as Bluekeep and Heartbleed vulnerabilities and updates being released, millions of vulnerable systems remained unpatched. Read More
SOMI contends that Palantir could be participating in both knowing and unknowing privacy violations based on its involvement with "predictive policing" technologies. Read More
The increase in cyber threats is forcing general counsels to grow into a strategic leadership role in terms of management of data risks, per the General Counsel Report 2021. Read More
