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Biden Administration Limits Data Brokers in Overseas Selling of Sensitive Personal Data

March 5, 2024

The executive order specifies that a broad range of sensitive personal data can no longer be sold off to or shared with adversary nations. The administration noted that data brokers, knowingly or otherwise, often feed foreign intelligence services and scammers.

Hacker typing on keyboard showing cyber attack leaked personal data

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The British Library Confirms Cyber Attack; Leaked Personal Data Now Trading on the Dark Web

November 30, 2023

The British Library has confirmed that the October cyber attack disrupted services and leaked employee's personal data listed for sale on the dark web by the Rhysida ransomware gang.

California State Capitol building showing data brokers and personal data

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New California Personal Data Bill Grants State Citizens the Right to Have PII Deleted by Data Brokers

October 17, 2023

The Delete Act (SB 362) expands an existing right under California state law to have personal data deleted, but streamlines the process so that one request will be sent to all data brokers.

Pedestrians crowd in city street showing China compliance audits for personal data

Data Protection News

Companies Storing Personal Data Subject to New Compliance Audits in China in 2024

August 23, 2023

Any business in China with more than one million records of personal data, or those with just 10,000 records of sensitive personal data, are looking at new annual compliance audit requirements by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC).

Joe Biden in press meet showing State of the Union addresses big tech, personal data and targeted advertising

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State of the Union: Biden Signals More Regulation Coming for Big Tech on Personal Data, Targeted Advertising

February 13, 2023

The aspect of SOTU that caught big tech's attention was a call for bipartisan support on antitrust enforcement and stronger protections for personal data. The president also called for targeted advertising to children to be banned.

Joe Biden in public meeting showing op-ed on big tech and personal data

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Biden Admin Op-Ed Calls for Increased Transparency Into Big Tech Algorithms, Banning Collection of Children’s Personal Data for Targeted Advertising

January 16, 2023

The main theme of the Biden op-ed was the setting aside of partisan differences to curb the power of big tech, primarily by limiting the ways in which these firms collect and use personal data.

Malaysia airline AirAsia plane at airport showing ransomware attack that leaked personal data

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Personal Data of Passengers, Employees Stolen in Ransomware Attack on AirAsia, Malaysia’s Largest Airline

November 28, 2022

The ransomware attack on AirAsia took place on November 11 and 12, with samples of the stolen personal data being leaked to the group's dark web site about a week later. The posted samples contain employee personal information as well as passenger booking information.

Hacker typing on keyboard showing personal data theft, identity theft

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Identity Theft Report: Social Media Account Takeovers up 1,000% As 40% Of Personal Data Theft Victims Saw Their Information Misused

October 6, 2022

About 50% of those who had information stolen say they were victimized more than once. And the number of people that lost at least $10,000 to personal data theft jumped from 9% of respondents to 30% in 2021.

Illuminated Optus sign hanging in front of a store showing cyber attack expose personal data in data breach

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Optus Cyber Attack Potentially Exposed Personal Data of up to 40% Of Australians, Negligence Suspected

September 30, 2022

Optus disclosed a cyber attack that compromised the personal data of up to 10 million Australians with a threat actor initially demanding $1 million and several sources suggesting human error as the cause.

Indian government building in New Delhi, India showing big tech companies pushback personal data protection bill

Data Protection News

After Pushback From Big Tech Companies, India Scraps Personal Data Protection Bill and Starts Over

August 8, 2022

The decision to scrap the data protection bill came from a parliamentary review process. IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has told reporters that work was already underway on a new personal data law, no doubt to the delight of big tech companies.

Personal Data

Biden Administration Limits Data Brokers in Overseas Selling of Sensitive Personal Data

The British Library Confirms Cyber Attack; Leaked Personal Data Now Trading on the Dark Web

New California Personal Data Bill Grants State Citizens the Right to Have PII Deleted by Data Brokers

Companies Storing Personal Data Subject to New Compliance Audits in China in 2024

State of the Union: Biden Signals More Regulation Coming for Big Tech on Personal Data, Targeted Advertising

Biden Admin Op-Ed Calls for Increased Transparency Into Big Tech Algorithms, Banning Collection of Children’s Personal Data for Targeted Advertising

Personal Data of Passengers, Employees Stolen in Ransomware Attack on AirAsia, Malaysia’s Largest Airline

Identity Theft Report: Social Media Account Takeovers up 1,000% As 40% Of Personal Data Theft Victims Saw Their Information Misused

Optus Cyber Attack Potentially Exposed Personal Data of up to 40% Of Australians, Negligence Suspected

After Pushback From Big Tech Companies, India Scraps Personal Data Protection Bill and Starts Over

Commercial Location Data Used to Track Deployed U.S. Military Across Theaters of Operation

Carnival Cruise Data Breach Exposes Nearly 6 Million People in Cyber Attack Linked to ShinyHunters

Megalodon Supply Chain Attack Infects Over 5,500 GitHub Repositories with Backdoors and Stealers

State-Affiliated Iranian Hackers Linked to the Los Angeles Transit System Breach