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Data privacy continues to make headlines. These issues are symptoms of a profound shift in the world of data privacy and security that have major implications for organizations. With the rise of big data and machine learning, privacy and security are now converging.

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@Dejan_Kosutic shared
On Feb 9, 2021
Brazilian Data Protection Authority Publishes Regulatory Strategy for 2021 - 2023 | Privacy & Information Security Law Blog https://t.co/niMkKyMZsA https://t.co/k31FOZVBre
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Brazilian Data Protection Authority Publishes Regulatory Strategy for 2021 – 2023

Brazilian Data Protection Authority Publishes Regulatory Strategy for 2021 – 2023

On January 28, 2021, international Data Privacy Day, the newly formed Brazilian data protection authority published its regulatory strategy for 2021-2023 and work plan for 2021-2022 (in ...

@msftsecurity shared
On Feb 8, 2021
Data discovery, classification, and tagging might get used interchangeably, but when it comes to your data protection strategy, they have vastly different meanings. #MISA partner @Dataguise shares how: https://t.co/T4OKjEnm6B
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Automating and operationalizing data protection with Dataguise and Microsoft Information Protection

Automating and operationalizing data protection with Dataguise and Microsoft Information Protection

In technical literature, the terms data discovery, classification, and tagging are sometimes used interchangeably, but there are real differences in what they actually mean—and each plays a ...

@wbm312 shared
On Feb 4, 2021
Clearview AI’s Facial Recognition App Called Illegal in Canada Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien forcefully denounced the company as putting all of society “continually in a police lineup.” https://t.co/YRspHIgbsV
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Clearview AI’s Facial Recognition App Called Illegal in Canada

Clearview AI’s Facial Recognition App Called Illegal in Canada

Canadian authorities declared that the company needed citizens’ consent to use their biometric information, and told the firm to delete facial images from its database.

@BrianHonan shared
On Feb 8, 2021
RT @HynesLin: UCD fined €70k by DPC after email accounts' log-in details posted online https://t.co/jfQly1nu2M
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UCD fined €70k by data watchdog after email accounts' log-in details posted online

UCD fined €70k by data watchdog after email accounts' log-in details posted online

University College Dublin has been officially reprimanded and ordered to bring its processes up to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) standard

@BrianHonan shared
On Feb 5, 2021
RT @LBM_lawblogs: Read about UM data protection as a corporate social responsibility (UM DPCSR) By Kate Francis & @balbonipaolo, @ecpcmaastricht An important aim of the forthcoming Framework is found in the internationally recognized principle of transparency > https://t.co/xEjvx6X70e https://t.co/8IpB6bFnEL
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UM data protection as a corporate social responsibility (UM DPCSR) research project

UM data protection as a corporate social responsibility (UM DPCSR) research project

We therefore set out to develop a set of data protection icons that would actively provide a signal to users, potentially making individuals more aware of what happens to their …

@BrianHonan shared
On Feb 5, 2021
RT @CBridge_Chief: The @dpcireland investigation into Independent News and Media has concluded https://t.co/iRqnJkEXsT No fines. But there's a simple reason for that. Under the Data Protection Acts 1988 to 2003 fines were only a thing for offences, and offences were very limited.
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No fine despite DPC finding against INM over 2014 data breach

No fine despite DPC finding against INM over 2014 data breach

INM will not be hit with a fine or other regulatory sanction despite the Data Protection Commission (DPC) making a number of findings against the company in relation a 2014 data breach.

@BrianHonan shared
On Feb 9, 2021
Private messages between Mensa forum members are leaked onto the internet https://t.co/ffoQ5JK2X5 via @gcluley
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Private messages between Mensa forum members are leaked onto the internet

Private messages between Mensa forum members are leaked onto the internet

Amid confusion over an alleged security breach at the British branch of Mensa, private messages have been leaked onto the internet.

@BrianHonan shared
On Feb 5, 2021
RT @CBridge_Chief: @DPCIreland The DPC has prosecuted directors in the past https://t.co/SRol4IIvLY And they may do again. But now, under GDPR and the DPA2018, there's a much broader palette of offences to go after.
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Private Investigator Company and its Directors Prosecuted for Data Protection Breaches

Private Investigator Company and its Directors Prosecuted for Data Protection Breaches

MCK Rentals Ltd, a firm of private investigators, has been prosecuted for breaches of Irish data protection legislation. In addition, for the first time under Irish data protection law, the ...

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