A decision has found GDPR violations in the TCF consent management systems widely used by ad networks, ruling that the process is not adequately transparent to data subjects and does not inform them or secure their data properly.
The IAB project uses a single protocol that presently assists digital advertising with existing European Union (EU) and California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) privacy compliance requirements.
Instead of using cookies, IAB Tech Lab is proposing web tracking technologies through one centralized token that follows users around the web to track browsing habits and privacy preferences.
Over half of organizations are building their AI governance approaches on top of existing and mature privacy programs. But while the commitment is often there, the tools and skills may not be as the workforce only just begins to develop.
The 2025 Cost of Data Breach Report is the first major study to survey a large sampling of data breach victims about their AI access controls, so the overall security picture in this area is only just starting to come into focus. Thus far it seems fair to say that control and security are not at all keeping pace with the feverish pace of deployment of AI tools.
The global average cost of data breach is now $4.35 million, a climb of 13% since 2020. Much of that are expenses realized more than a year after the attack, and most organizations (60%) are passing these added costs on to consumers in the form of higher prices.
IBM's annual Cost of Data Breach report, created in conjunction with Ponemon Institute, shows no relief in sight for victims of breaches with a 10% jump in the global average cost on the year. The highest average cost per incident, $5.17 million, was incurred when the breached data was stored in public clouds.
Average cost of data breach has once again hit a new record to $4.45 million, up 15.3% just from 2020. Yet only 51% of organizations that have suffered a breach plan to increase security spending.
Cost of a data breach is becoming more serious every year. Latest IBM-Ponemon study reports an average figure of $3.92 million which is 12% higher than it was just five years ago.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) suffered a sophisticated cyber attack coinciding with the Hague NATO summit attended by U.S. President Donald J. Trump, who pushed for increased defense spending among member countries.
