insurancejournal.com – CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian police were investigating a purported hacker’s release of the stolen personal data of 10,000 customers of the
A privacy pro’s odyssey in Africa
iapp.org – Africa Risk Management & Compliance Partners’ Elias Okwara reflects on his privacy journey in Africa; a look at the Malabo Convention. Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1575093778444156929
Nigeria ready to fast-track DPA bill
iapp.org – Members of Nigeria’s National Assembly expect the country’s draft bill establishing the Data Protection Commission will be passed into law. Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1575063363159298051
Australian groups urge government to pass law to tighten facial recognition use
iapp.org – Australian civil society groups are pushing the government to adopt a law that would better govern the use of facial recognition technology. Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1574942194368143360
State views on proposed ADPPA preemption come into focus
iapp.org – U.S. state lawmakers outside of California have varying perspectives on preemption in the proposed American Data Privacy and Protection Act. Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1574896912339279895
Small Businesses Underestimate Recovery Time, Cost of Cyberattack
insurancejournal.com – Nationwide Agency Forward survey showed 40% of small business owners surveyed expect a cyberattack to cost less than $1,000 and another 60% think it would
Minister discusses potential framing for India’s data protection bill redraft
iapp.org – Indian Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar discussed potential aspects of the reworked data protection bill. Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1574700856901001216
Obligations under Quebec’s Bill 64 take force
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
Optus Under $1 Million Extortion Threat in Data Breach
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
Australian Telco Optus Suffers User Data Breach
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
Privacy Watchdog Suit Says California Utility Targeted Asians in Pot Searches
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
The IAPP’s top 5 most-read articles for the week of Sept. 19, 2022
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
US military buys internet monitoring tool that covers 90% of web traffic
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
AI-powered digital privacy company raises $4M in seed funding
iapp.org – Hush, a digital privacy firm, announced it received $4 million in seed funding. Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1574308252191543297
Phishing attacks skyrocketing, over 1 million observed
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
Lawsuits filed against Meta for allegedly bypassing Apple privacy settings
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
GAO proposes privacy officer requirements for federal agencies
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
Researchers uncover health app privacy issues
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
Keeping secrets safe off prem
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
Uber Hack: Internal System Breached
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