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iapp.org – Quebec’s data protection authority certain business requirements under Bill 64, which updates the province’s private sector privacy law, have taken effect. Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1574399409030418432

bankinfosecurity.com – Australia’s Optus telco is facing a $1 million extortion demand to prevent the release of up to 11.2 million sensitive customer records. The data appears to be Tweeted by @Sword_Sec https://twitter.com/Sword_Sec/status/1574698363064356865

blakfx.com – Australia’s second-largest telecommunications company, Optus, announced Thursday it is “investigating the possible unauthorized access of current and former customers’ information” following a cybera… Tweeted by @BLAKFXCyber https://twitter.com/BLAKFXCyber/status/1574404981205114881

insurancejournal.com – Extraordinary use of electricity has long been a telltale sign of illegal grow houses producing thousands of marijuana plants hidden in seemingly ordinary

iapp.org – We know there is a lot of privacy news to keep up with. To make it easier, we distilled the top 5 articles of the week for you to read. Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1574383837123149824

iapp.org – Several branches of the U.S. military purchased an internet monitoring tool that purportedly covers 90% of global internet traffic. Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1574126854801350657

iapp.org – Hush, a digital privacy firm, announced it received $4 million in seed funding. Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1574308252191543297

helpnetsecurity.com – The APWG’s Phishing Activity Trends Report reveals that in the second quarter of 2022, the APWG observed 1,097,811 total phishing attacks. Tweeted by @JinibaBD https://twitter.com/JinibaBD/status/1574302715290783746

iapp.org – Meta is being sued by Apple iOS users in two class-action lawsuits for allegedly bypassing their privacy preferences. Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1573945693240270848

iapp.org – The U.S. Government Accountability Office published a report examining the status of privacy leadership within 24 government agencies. Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1573764482718916616

iapp.org – Multiple mobile health apps “share (user) information with a broad collection of advertisers,” according to an investigation by The Washington Post. Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1573689051755995136

threatshub.org – ThreatsHub.org | Cloud Security & Cyber Threats Analysis Hub. 100% Free OSINT Threat Intelligent and Cybersecurity News. Tweeted by @threatshub https://twitter.com/threatshub/status/1573910996602605568

4i-mag.com – Uber Hack: A few days ago, Uber suffered a cyberattack, which resulted in information disclosure of sensitive data such as screenshots Tweeted by @4imag1 https://twitter.com/4imag1/status/1573670948858994695

insurancejournal.com – When people think of cyber attacks, they might think of things like phishing, ransomware or data theft. But increasingly, something called cyber-physical

iapp.org – The legal team for Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko indicated willingness to cooperate with the Irish Data Protection Commission in a potential investigati… Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1564946903174881280

iapp.org – MEPs leading discussions on the proposed AI Act are moving toward text consolidation while submitting initial proposals to address high-risk AI systems. Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1564886207066263552

iapp.org – New Zealand’s Ministry of Justice announced a public consultation on potential amendments data collection notification provisions under the Privacy Act 2020…. Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1564795362539347975

iapp.org – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights is overburdened with data breach complaints, Politico reports. Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1564765261412048896

insurancejournal.com – Travelers and policyholder International Control Services (ICS) jointly filed a stipulation to have a federal court rescind an active cyber insurance

insurancejournal.com – The cyber re/insurance protection gap provides an opportunity for insurance-linked securities (ILS) investors, which historically have filled the gaps