In 2019, New York expanded its data breach notification law to include the express requirement that entities develop, implement and maintain “reasonable” safeguards to protect the security, confidentiality and integrity of private information. Significantly, New York’s Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic...
InTR v Land Hessen(C‑768/21)the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) found that following a personal data breach, a supervisory authority is under no obligation to exercise its corrective powers, specifically the power to… 2024 Technology Privacy and Cybersecurity Summit | November 25 – 28...
Under the GDPR (and other privacy regulations), all businesses must report certain types of personaldata breachesto the respective national data protection authority (DPA) within 72 hours of becoming aware of the breach. A personal data breach is a security violation that leads to accidental or u...
“Data Breach”: The CSL, PIPL and DSL do not define “data breach”. The National Contingency Plan for Cyber Security Incidents issued by the CAC defines “Cybersecurity incidents”, which refers to incidents that cause harm to the network and information systems or data therein and adversely...
Verizon Business today released the results of its 16th annual Data Breach Investigations Report (2023 DBIR), which analyzed 16,312 security incidents and 5,199 breaches
To find out how to report a security breach affecting personal data, you shouldrefer to the General Data Protection Regulation(GDPR) if your company is located in the European Union. What about companies operating in the United Kingdom? Following Brexit, the UK opted to transpose the GDPR into...
For businesses, a security breach risks not only exposure of customer data and a decrease in customer trust but can also result in loss of revenue if systems are taken offline through an attack, such as a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. Because of this, many businesses have inc...
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While the identity theft investigation is in progress, use an online data leak monitoring tool tocheck your online accounts for leaks. If your info comes up in adata breach, update your login information and passwords immediately toensure your digital identity is safe. ...
Without the right data retention and long-term archiving solutions, efforts to manage the data lifecycle can become futile. Storing data beyond its mandated retention period makes an organisation more vulnerable to a data breach or regulatory non-compliance, which may have an impact in many forms,...