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What Do Tech Industry Leaders Have to Say about Data Privacy Day

January 28, 2019

This year’s Data Privacy Day is especially significant given a tumultuous 2018 with numerous data misuse cases and massive data breaches. A year data privacy came into public consciousness. So what do tech industry leaders have to say about Data Privacy Day 2019?

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Data Protection Insights

What the Facebook Data Breach Can Teach Us?

May 5, 2021

A data breach is more than an IT problem – a serious data breach will threaten any business so the management team need to know how they will manage the aftermath.

Image of Manila skyline representing the Philippines National Privacy Commission on the Comeleak data breach

Cyber Security News

‘Comeleak’ Allows Philippine National Privacy Commission to Show Teeth

January 25, 2017

Privacy issues in the Philippines have become headline news as 2017 gets underway. In January, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) in that country issued a statement placing the blame for a data breach that put the personal information of millions of voters at risk squarely at the feet of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and its Chairman Andres Bautista.

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EPIC Privacy Group to Challenge $5 Billion FTC-Facebook Settlement

August 6, 2019

Privacy advocates went into overdrive, challenging the fairness and adequacy of the Facebook settlement after FTC announced that the social media giant is off the hook with a $5 billion penalty.

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Cyber Security Insights

If Only You Knew: How to Really Plan For a Serious Data Breach

August 9, 2021

What should you do if you knew today that a serious data breach would most likely lead to a string of public relations disasters, costing you millions, taking up 20% of the average IT staff day for two years?

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Cyber Security Insights

It’s 2018, Do You Know Where Your Data Is?

April 16, 2018

Anyone dealing with critical information should pay attention to the data they handle, how they are accessing it, and where it originated. The idea is to maintain the integrity of the data and the chain of custody, which is a concept that involves the strict ownership and control over the item in question.

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Cyber Security News

Security Oversight at First American Causes Data Leak of 900 Million Records

June 10, 2019

Second largest data leak in history exposed First American’s 900 million customer information just by raising or lowering a single digit in the document URL.

Data Privacy News

Facebook Knew About the Security Flaw That Led to Its Biggest Data Breach in 2018

February 24, 2020

For nine months leading up to Facebook's biggest data breach of 29 million user accounts, Facebook had been repeatedly warned about a security flaw which later ended up being exploited by hackers.

Exterior photo of FTC building showing how the FTC Facebook investigation might hold Mark Zuckerberg personally accountable for privacy issues

Data Privacy News

FTC Facebook Investigation Could Hold Mark Zuckerberg Personally Accountable for Privacy Issues

April 29, 2019

Over the past year while FTC is conducting its Facebook investigation, Mark Zuckerberg has repeatedly claimed full responsibility for privacy issues, and now it appears FTC might really hold Mark personally accountable for these lapses.

Hacker writing code on computer showing how Ecuador data breach of 20 million user information leads to the fast-tracking of an improved data privacy law

Cyber Security News

Leak of the Personal Information of 20 Million in Ecuador Data Breach Leads to Fast-Tracking of an Improved Data Privacy Law

September 27, 2019

People of an entire country were put at risk with Ecuador data breach of 20 million user information. The breach has accelerated a data privacy law that has been under consideration for months.

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What Do Tech Industry Leaders Have to Say about Data Privacy Day

‘Comeleak’ Allows Philippine National Privacy Commission to Show Teeth

EPIC Privacy Group to Challenge $5 Billion FTC-Facebook Settlement

If Only You Knew: How to Really Plan For a Serious Data Breach

It’s 2018, Do You Know Where Your Data Is?

Security Oversight at First American Causes Data Leak of 900 Million Records

Facebook Knew About the Security Flaw That Led to Its Biggest Data Breach in 2018

FTC Facebook Investigation Could Hold Mark Zuckerberg Personally Accountable for Privacy Issues

Leak of the Personal Information of 20 Million in Ecuador Data Breach Leads to Fast-Tracking of an Improved Data Privacy Law

North American Organizations Struggle to Comply with Privacy Laws

Zero-Click Exploit Used by Pegasus Spyware Patched for Apple Devices With Security Update

Your Organization May Need a Cybersecurity Advisor: Here’s What To Consider