People are increasingly aware of consumer privacy issues, but also overwhelmingly feel that they do not have the tools to protect themselves and look to government to intervene.
New proposed privacy bill to impose penalties of up to 4% of a company’s annual revenue for first-time privacy violations and potential jail time for senior executives who lie about them.
The Apple privacy complaint is significant as France Digitale is a major lobbying organization, representing over 2,000 companies that include most of the country's venture capital firms and entrepreneurs.
The first Bitcoin privacy update in four years is bringing changes that are broadly popular among the user base. The "Taproot" update, scheduled for November, changes the digital signature algorithm underpinning the system.
Insurance giant Marsh & McLennan is leading a “Cyber Catalyst” program involving top cyber insurance companies to provide seal of approval for top-rated cybersecurity products. How will this impact consumers and the cyber insurance industry?
Qantas has announced a new compensation policy that reduces executive bonuses for the CEO and their team when damaging cybersecurity incidents take place. The recent data breach will cost Qantas CEO Vanessa Hudson AUD 250,000 of her expected total annual compensation of AUD 6.3 million.
The cybersecurity landscape for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) within the U.S. Defense Industrial Base (DIB) reveals significant vulnerabilities, according to the inaugural “DIB Cybersecurity Maturity Report | 2024” released by RADICL.
A new ransomware reporting bill introduced to the House of Representatives proposes putting new requirements on financial institutions, some of which are likely to be controversial. Any payment of over $100,000 would require the victim to first obtain special permission from the US Treasury.
Small businesses with under AUD 3 million annual turnover have been exempt from Australia's Privacy Act terms to date, but that has been taken off the table in a new round of reforms that could become law in 2024.
Right to privacy debates over the last month have highlighted the critical need for a regime of data protection in India, which will be vital for the outsourcing industry.
