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Germany's competition authority says Facebook users should be asked for consent before data collected by the group's subsidiaries Whatsapp and Instagram and on third-party websites is combined with their social network account [Read More]
There have been more than 59,000 personal data breaches reported to European data protection regulators in the first eight months following the enforcement of GDPR. [Read More]
A US energy company, identified by some as Duke Energy, received a $10 million fine from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) for nearly 130 violations of Critical Infrastructure Protection standards. [Read More]
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Leave.EU and Eldon Insurance, and plans on auditing them both in the upcoming period. [Read More]
New York’s attorney general and governor launched an investigation into the recently disclosed FaceTime spying bug, particularly Apple’s failure to warn users and the company’s slow response. [Read More]
A U.S. judge has rejected Yahoo’s data breach settlement, citing, among other things, inadequate disclosure of the settlement fund and high attorney fees. [Read More]
Facebook marks Data Privacy Day with launch of Privacy and Data Use Business Hub, which should help businesses understand how they can protect private information. [Read More]
More than 95,000 complaints have been filed with EU countries since the bloc's flagship data protection laws took effect eight months ago, says the European Commission. [Read More]
Being GDPR-ready can bring companies significant benefits beyond compliance, including shorter sales delays and fewer or less serious data breaches, according to Cisco’s 2019 Data Privacy Benchmark Study. [Read More]
Google will appeal a record 50-million-euro fine imposed by France's data regulator for failing to meet the EU's strict new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). [Read More]
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FEATURES, INSIGHTS // Compliance
Failure to implement basic cybersecurity hygiene practices will leave retailers vulnerable to damage and fines during a lucrative time for their businesses.
Over time, holding people responsible will lead individuals to see how their actions impact the security of the organization and come to consider themselves responsible for the security of the company.
Big companies can say they are GFPR compliant, but odds are their current structure will never allow them to find, identify, and categorize all the data that they have collected over time.
Despite the long ramp-up towards the GDPR compliance deadline, the effects of the new regulations are still very much in infancy.
GDPR is proving disruptive for European citizens who are no longer able to interact with services from outside the EU. And the compliance costs can be significant as well. But are there legitimate concerns of overreach?
Complying with GDPR was the immediate challenge, but now there is an opportunity to capture the good work that has been done and make data protection a top of mind focus for enterprises every day.
While the upcoming GDPR compliance deadline will mark an unprecedented milestone in security, it should also serve as a crucial reminder that compliance does not equal security.
With domain name WHOIS data subject to the GDPR’s privacy requirements, the system will “go dark” until alternative preparations are made, creating a challenge for this who fight computer fraud and other criminal activity on the Internet.
Penalties for non-compliance with GDPR will be severe. For example, if your organization fails to report a data breach within 72 hours, expect a fine.
Jalal Bouhdada, Founder and Principal ICS Security Consultant at Applied Risk, discusses the implications of the new EU Directive on Security of Network and Information Systems (NIS)
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