All Data protection law articles
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News
Regulators will remain tough on financial crime despite global fall in violations
Regulators worldwide issued 97 fines related to financial crimes during this period, totalling $189 million. The downtick represents an 88 percent decrease from the previous year. Experts argue that this decline might be attributed to pandemic-related investigation backlogs and a heightened focus on strict compliance standards by financial firms.
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India introduces new data protection laws
Indian lawmakers have passed a significant data protection law aimed at regulating tech companies’ processing of user data.
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Video
#RISK Founder Nick James in conversation with Gemma O’Loghlen, BNP Paribas
Nick James, founder and event director of #RISK talks with Gemma O’Loghlen, the Chief of Staff of the Group Data Protection Office at BNP Paribas.
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Feature
Data Breach Damages For ‘Very Modest’ Distress? In the UK?
Last week, the High Court ordered the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to pay £250 in damages to an ex-Conservative council leader who experienced “a very modest degree of distress” following a data breach.
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Cyber Security Hub @ #RISK
#RISK – Europe’s Leading Risk-Focused Expo: November 16 & 17, ExCeL, London
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Brazilian Senate throws out delay to new data protection law
In a surprise move, the Brazilian Senate on Wednesday rolled back a planned Presidential postponement of Brazil’s new data protection law, originally scheduled to become effective on August 14 2020, but which had been delayed until May 2021, law firm Hunton Andrews Kurth reports in The National Law Review.