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Latest news on data protection, privacy and cybersecurity regulatory developments, data breaches and enforcement actions happening around the world.

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Data Privacy News

America’s Big Tech Companies Finally Waking up to the Idea of Federal Privacy Laws

October 28, 2018

The days of federal privacy laws coming to Silicon Valley may happen sooner than you think. In a much-publicized keynote speech given at the 40th ICDPPC in Brussels, Apple CEO Tim Cook gave his full-throated support for laws that would be at least as stringent as the EU GDPR.

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Cyber Security News

Airline Data Breaches Worrying

November 6, 2018

With airline data breaches at Cathay Pacific, British Airways, Delta Airlines and Air Canada this year, is the industry now a soft target for cybercriminals?

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Data Privacy News

Intel Proposes Federal Privacy Bill To Protect Personal Data

November 16, 2018

The prospects for a federal privacy bill actually being signed into law in the United States in 2019 just took another big step forward with a proposal from Intel.

Spider on the computer keyboard showing how the WannaCry ransomware is still a threat after massive outbreak

Cyber Security News

WannaCry Ransomware Still a Threat More Than a Year After Massive Outbreak

November 19, 2018

Almost 18 months since the 2017 massive outbreak, the WannaCry ransomware remains a cyber threat based on recent research from Kaspersky Labs showing 75,000 infections over the last three months.

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Data Privacy News

An Internet Charter – The Magna Carta for the Modern Age

November 27, 2018

Sir Tim Berners-Lee argues that nothing short of a ‘revolution’ will stem abuse of the Internet and a new Internet Charter, a new Magna Carta, is essential to force tech giants to take concrete action to reinvent how the Internet is monetized and regulated.

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Data Privacy News

LinkedIn Crossed the Privacy Line with Targeted Facebook Advertising

November 29, 2018

LinkedIn accused of gathering 18 million email addresses of non-users and using those addresses for targeted Facebook advertising. And the Irish Data Protection Commissioner got a bit irate – and rightly so.

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Data Privacy News

The Privacy Paradox Could Determine the Next Evolution of Privacy Regulation

November 30, 2018

According to Giovanni Buttarelli, the Privacy Paradox has already shaped the way we think about privacy in the digital age and could help to determine the next evolution of privacy regulation.

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Cyber Security News

Half a Billion Guests Affected by Massive Marriott Data Breach

December 3, 2018

Marriott has put half a billion guest at risk in one of the largest data breach to date. The scope of the data breach is not only startling due to the numbers of guests that have been affected, it is the sheer amount of time since 2014 that the hackers had had access to the data.

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Data Privacy News

Google Facing Complaints of GDPR Violations From Consumer Groups in 7 Countries

December 7, 2018

Consumer groups in 7 countries are asking European privacy regulators to take action against Google for GDPR violations, specifically, its “deceptive practices” related to location tracking.

Regulator holding up yellow card in office showing the millions in ICO fines levied for 2018

Data Protection News

Busy Year with Millions in ICO Fines Levied for Data Breaches

December 11, 2018

ICO had a busy 2018 with the ten largest fines totaling about £5,000,000 and also the first ICO fines levied at the maximum amount for Facebook and Equifax.

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America’s Big Tech Companies Finally Waking up to the Idea of Federal Privacy Laws

Airline Data Breaches Worrying

Intel Proposes Federal Privacy Bill To Protect Personal Data

WannaCry Ransomware Still a Threat More Than a Year After Massive Outbreak

An Internet Charter – The Magna Carta for the Modern Age

LinkedIn Crossed the Privacy Line with Targeted Facebook Advertising

The Privacy Paradox Could Determine the Next Evolution of Privacy Regulation

Half a Billion Guests Affected by Massive Marriott Data Breach

Busy Year with Millions in ICO Fines Levied for Data Breaches

Claude’s Great Escape: Anthropic AI Models Join OpenAI Agents in Hacking Their Way Out of Sandboxes

Leak of Microsoft Meeting Documents Indicates Company Is Struggling to Keep Up With Security Vulnerabilities Uncovered by Mythos

Cyber Attack by Suspected Iranian Hackers Hits 36 Minnesota Water Utilities, Causing Outages

Feds Warn About Iranian Hackers Expanding the List of Targeted PLCs to Compromise Critical Infrastructure