NOYB LODGES 226 PRIVACY COMPLAINTS
noyb lodged 226 GDPR complaints with 18 authorities against websites that use the popular cookie banner software (“OneTrust”) with deceptive settings.
FIRST IT WAS SPYWARE AND NOW ITS STALKWARE
Stalkerware apps are software programs and devices that allow cybercriminals or other people to secretly monitor as well as record your device’s activity and information.
BIGGEST CYBER RISK IS COMPLACENCY, NOT HACKERS
The biggest cyber risk businesses face is not from hackers outside of their company, but from complacency within their company.
TOP OPEN SOURCE INTELLIGENCE TOOLS FOR 2022
34% of data breaches involved internal individuals of a company
NETHERLANDS TAX AUTHORITY FINED FOR DATA BREACH
The Dutch Data Protection Authority, found on Friday that the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration violated core principles of the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) for several years through processing personal data in a fraud management system
PREDATOR SPYWARE TARGETING PUBLIC FIGURES
There is a serious threat to our privacy landscape going down led by spyware such as Predator, Pegasus etc...
GREECE IMPOSES CRIMINAL SANCTIONS FOR GDPR OFFENCES
Greece imposes criminal sanctions for GDPR offences of up to 20 years covering 6 key data breach infringements...
AUSTRALIA’S CONSUMERS INCREASINGLY CONCERNED ABOUT DATA MISUSE
Just one in 14 Australian consumers trust organisations to keep their personal information private. Just seven per cent of the Australian public place trust in the ability of organisations to keep their personal data safe or private...
AEGEAN MARINE PETROLEUM FINED €150,000
Aegean Marine Petroleum Network fined €150,000 for failing to comply with data processing principles...
CHINA’S UNEXPECTED QUEST TO PROTECT DATA PRIVACY
Late in the summer of 2016, Xu Yuyu received a call that promised to change her life. Her college entrance examination scores, she was told, had won her admission to the English department of the Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications.
CHANGES TO JAPAN’S DATA PRIVACY LAW ECHO EUROPE’S GDPR
Japan has made changes to its 2005 Protection of Personal Information (APPI) Act, bringing the bill closer in line with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
ACCC AND OAIC RELEASE CONSUMER DATA RIGHT COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT POLICY
The ACCC and the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) jointly released the Compliance and Enforcement Policy (CDR Policy) for the Consumer Data Right (CDR) regulatory framework.
OAIC RECORDS HIGHEST EVER NUMBER OF MONTHLY DATA BREACHES
A sharp increase in the number of data breaches caused by ransomware attacks and the highest ever number of monthly notifications has been recorded over the past six months.
WHAT PHARMACISTS CAN DO IF THERE IS AN ACCIDENTAL BREACH OF A PATIENT’S PRIVACY
Principal Kellie Dell’Oro and Solicitor Jeremy Smith of Meridian Lawyers have penned advice to PDL members in the organisation’s latest practice alert
TEMPLATE
34% of data breaches involved internal individuals of a company
INTERNAL DATA BREACHES
34% of data breaches involved internal individuals of a company
$133,000,000,000
Worldwide spending on cybersecurity is forecasted to reach $133.7 billion by 2022
WHO CAN YOU TRUST?
71% of breaches were financially motivated and 25% were motivated by espionage
DATA SUBJECT COMPLAINTS
In GDPR’s first year, there were 144,000 complaints filed by data subjects with various enforcement agencies
SMALL BUSINESS BREACHES
Small businesses are directly responsible for 43% of data breaches, raising concerns moving forward