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NewsEU grants UK data adequacy status
The European Commission (EC) has formally signed off on data adequacy for the UK, allowing the flow of personal data between the European Union and the UK.
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SponsoredInsider Risk Management: Intelligently investigate and take action on insider risks
In this session, you will learn how to leverage Microsoft insider risk management. If you are looking for ways to improve your security and compliance posture, this session is for you!
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NewsUK’s financial watchdog bans cryptocurrency trader Binance
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has prohibited Binance Markets Limited (BML) from undertaking any regulated activity in Britain.
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News1 in 5 children’s Google Play apps violate COPPA
New research by Comparitech has revealed that 1 in 5 children’s apps of the 500 most popular children’s applications, available on the Google Play Store, breach Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) rules.
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NewsMicrosoft detects new security breach
An attacker gained access to a Microsoft customer service agent and used the information gained to launch hacking attempts against customers.
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NewsInformation Commissioner’s Opinion addresses facial recognition privacy concerns
The UK Information Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, has published a Commissioner’s Opinion on the use of live facial recognition (LFR) in public places by private companies and public organisations.
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News800m+ WordPress users’ records exposed
A misconfigured cloud database belonging to one of the biggest website hosting providers has exposed 814 million records online.
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NewsUK police make ‘one of world’s largest cryptocurrency seizures’
London’s Metropolitan Police (Met) has confiscated £114m ($159m, €133m) worth of cryptocurrency in an ongoing investigation into money laundering.
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NewsOutgoing DPO speaks of digitisation’s acceptance
The increasing use of data these days is taken for granted by people partly out of habit, according to Johannes Caspar, who has stepped down after 12 years as Hamburg’s data protection officer.
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NewsEC setting up unit to tackle rising cyber-attacks
The European Commission plans to create a specialised organisation to counter tackle the increasing number of cyber incidents impacting public services, businesses and citizens across the EU.
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NewsStockholm’s public transport operator fined for body-camera use
Sweden’s data protection authority IMY has ordered Stockholm Public Transport (SL) to pay a financial penalty for shortcomings in the way it deployed body cameras worn by ticket inspectors.
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NewsMcAfee dies in Spanish prison
Antivirus software pioneer John McAfee has been found dead in a suspected suicide in his Barcelona prison cell after Spain’s high court authorised his extradition to the US to face tax evasion charges.
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VideoWhat Do The New Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) Mean for Data Transfers Post-Schrems II?
The European Commission has adopted a newly updated version of the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs), which are the most commonly used legal mechanisms for transferring personal data and international companies rely upon this hugely.
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VideoA Celebrity’s Desire for a Privacy Framework
We may envy their bank accounts, their houses, their cars and their lifestyle, but a celebrity almost signs a contract of constant availability and lack of privacy as their fame rises.
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VideoA Fireside Chat with Johnny Ryan
Johnny Ryan, Author, Senior Fellow at Irish Council for Civil Liberties, and Open Markets Institute. Self proclaimed sufferer of “adtech remorse”.
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VideoWhere Does a CISO’s Role Go From Here?
Sudden digital transformation has put the role of the CISO in the spotlight with many in the cybersecurity industry suggesting that the title has become overused. Others may associate the role of the CISO as being innovation or cloud averse.
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VideoPolitics, Economics, Social: Russia’s State-Led Cyber Espionage and Influence Operations
Whether it be the SolarWinds attack, the 2016 US election interference, or a number of other cyber operations over the past few years, there’s a growing perception/reality that Russia is increasingly flexing its cyber muscles internationally, using the lessons its learned through years of focused cyber-attacks and influence operations in Ukraine and other regional adversaries.
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VideoConfidential Computing: The Next, Great, Development in Data Protection
A recent IBM IBV study said 74% of CEOs think adoption of cloud will be critical for their businesses in the next two to three years.
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VideoThird Party Risk Management: Regulatory Developments and the Impact on Vendor Risk Management (VRM)
Covid-19 has led to Enterprise organizations increasing their focus on Third Party Risk Management. But global regulatory developments have also had an effect upon companies challenges to do enough due-diligence to identify vendor risks.
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VideoImprove Your Compliance and Reduce Expenditure: Data Retention Done The Right Way
Why do most organizations fail to make their data retention policies operational? A strong Data Retention Policy will provide benefits across legal and compliance activity, and reduce costs as well.
