bleepingcomputer.com – The U.S. Department of Justice announced that alleged REvil ransomware affiliate, Yaroslav Vasinskyi, was extradited to the United States last week to stand trial for the Kaseya cyberattack. Tweeted by @sang_alertboot https://twitter.com/sang_alertboot/status/1503340543962722307
Notes from the IAPP Canada Managing Director, March 11, 2022
iapp.org – IAPP Canada Managing Director Kris Klein discusses International Women’s Day this past week and thinks about women leaders in privacy. Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1502736439360036865
The top 5 most-read stories for the week of March 7, 2022
iapp.org – We know there is a lot of privacy news to sift through. To make it easier, we identified the top-five most-read stories for the week of March 7, 2022. Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1502646032529821698
Smart Africa, DPAs join in support of data protection law enforcement, harmonization
iapp.org – The Smart Africa Alliance and data protection authorities signed an MOU supporting enforcement and harmonization of data protection laws. Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1502993187052400643
The Human Factor in Data Security Breaches
pharmexec.com – A new report examining pharma sector exposure makes for sobering reading, especially in US. Tweeted by @SocEngineerInc https://twitter.com/SocEngineerInc/status/1502857013847539712
Morgantown, W.V., Hospital Data Breach Impacts 400K People
govtech.com – Although Mon Health System indicates that it discovered a data breach in the middle of December, it learned of potential data theft about two weeks after the hack. Patients, employees and companies w… Tweeted by @SocEngineerInc https://twitter.com/SocEngineerInc/status/1502766435596185608
Op-ed: Police use of facial recognition threatens privacy, civil liberties
iapp.org – In an op-ed for NJ.com, a group of 16 privacy and civil rights organizations wrote facial recognition technology is a threat to privacy and civil liberties. … Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1502132344081326082
Bill aims to update California’s data broker law, expand enforcement
iapp.org – State Sen. Josh Becker, D-Calif., introduced a bill to strengthen California’s data broker law. Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1502132336955039749
US courts mixed on letting data breach suits go forward
iapp.org – In 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court seemed to make it harder to bring privacy lawsuits in federal courts, but the picture is more complex than it appears. Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1501966524374044679
Italian DPA fines Clearview AI 20M euros
iapp.org – Italy’s data protection authority fined Clearview AI 20 million euros over GDPR violations related to its facial recognition software and database. Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1501951858893459462
UK court allows children’s privacy suit to move forward
iapp.org – The U.K. High Court of Justice ruled a class-action lawsuit against TikTok concerning children’s privacy violations can proceed. Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1501996588792692742
Telegram assures safety of Ukrainians’ data
iapp.org – Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov promised the messaging application’s Ukrainian users that their personal data is protected. Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1501906000479150081
Study finds COVID-19 vaccine apps may compromise user privacy
iapp.org – A review of 40 digital COVID-19 vaccine passport applications found approximately two-thirds may be putting users’ privacy at risk. Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1501739817503178753
UK ICO publishes draft chapter on privacy-preserving approaches to governance
iapp.org – The U.K. ICO opened public consultation on new draft guidance on anonymization, pseudonymization and privacy enhancing technologies. Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1501604160105598986
FTC outlines recent COPPA settlement, compliance recommendations
iapp.org – U.S. Federal Trade Commission Senior Attorney Lesley Fair wrote a blog post detailing the commission’s recent COPPA settlement order and compliance suggestio… Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1501679571481018371
Car Dealership Employees Begin Legal Case Following Breach
infosecurity-magazine.com – Law firm says clients have been left in the dark for over six months Tweeted by @wallofsheep https://twitter.com/wallofsheep/status/1501633981737058306
Avatar Becomes Second Florida Insurer to Become Insolvent This Year
insurancejournal.com – Two weeks after St. Johns Insurance Co. was declared insolvent, Florida regulators have taken steps to begin liquidating Tampa-based Avatar Property &
UK’s Specialist Risk Group Becomes Member of Worldwide Broker Network
insurancejournal.com – The Worldwide Broker Network (WBN), the global network of independent insurance brokers and employee benefits consultants, announced that Specialist Risk
How Downtime Insurance Became a Thing
carriermanagement.com – A single hour of downtime from mission-critical, third-party IT service providers can cost small and medium-sized enterprises tens of thousands of
Insurers Urged to Stress Test Cyber Portfolios for Russian Attack Potential
insurancejournal.com – Cyber risk and analytics firm CyberCube said it has seen cyber attacks on Ukrainian government services, infrastructure, and other industries and it urges