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Data Privacy

On Jun 19, 2020
@BrianHonan shared
RT @cearta: Top French court upholds €50m Google privacy breach fine via @IrishTimes https://t.co/aHNBtguRX4
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Top French court upholds €50m Google privacy breach fine

Top French court upholds €50m Google privacy breach fine

Google says it will ‘review what changes we need to make’

On Jun 23, 2020
@ZeljkaZorz shared
Google LLC loses appeal against French Data Protection Authority decision before France highest administrative Court https://t.co/Ya0eLkVQ21 via @@DLA_Piper
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Google LLC loses appeal against French Data Protection Authority decision before France highest administrative Court

Google LLC loses appeal against French Data Protection Authority decision before France highest administrative Court

Denise Lebeau-Marianna, Partner & Alexandre Balducci, Associate – DLA Piper France LLP Further to two complaints filed by non-governmental organisations None Of Your Business (NOYB) and ...

On Jun 19, 2020
@BrianHonan shared
Hiqa suffered 22 data protection breaches since last year, figures reveal - email account hijacking is mentioned as a breach vector. We see this often when investigating breaches. Please enable MFA on all accounts https://t.co/oWhBUrA8Rl
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Hiqa suffered 22 data protection breaches since last year, figures reveal

Hiqa suffered 22 data protection breaches since last year, figures reveal

The email account of a Hiqa employee was hacked and access was gained for a number of hours.

On Jun 24, 2020
@gcluley shared
Pubs and restaurants left guessing after being told to collect customer data as lockdown eases https://t.co/khbwTsOQ8a https://t.co/3iEda9VAis
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Pubs and restaurants left guessing after being told to collect customer data as lockdown eases

Pubs and restaurants left guessing after being told to collect customer data as lockdown eases

In just ten days, the UK Government says English pubs, restaurants, and cafes can open again for business. However, they are told that they should collect contact information about every ...

On Jun 24, 2020
@kjhiggins shared
Passwords (25%), deception/honeypots (27%), and antivirus tools (31%). Cloud security providers (41%) and cloud security tools (46%) were rated ineffective by the majority of respondents in the #BHUSA Attendee Survey: https://t.co/ehpNedCJsh via @darkreadingtim
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Black Hat Survey: Breach Concerns Hit Record Levels Due to COVID-19

Black Hat Survey: Breach Concerns Hit Record Levels Due to COVID-19

Annual Black Hat USA Attendee Survey indicates unprecedented concern over possible compromises of enterprise networks and US critical infrastructure.

On Jun 24, 2020
@thegrugq shared
RT @FPawalsh: Firms like Zoom show that “one company, two systems” doesn’t work. https://t.co/zPEJZ8xlAo
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Silicon Valley Can’t Be Neutral in the U.S.-China Cold War

Silicon Valley Can’t Be Neutral in the U.S.-China Cold War

Firms like Zoom show that “one company, two systems” doesn’t work.

On Jun 19, 2020
@BrianHonan shared
RT @maryCyPsy: Exciting opportunity for a research fellow to join @JuliaDavidson13 and I & our team at the University of East London working on our @EU_H2020 Human Drivers of cybercrime research. https://t.co/MDQYVC6Ri9
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Do you have a relevant PhD, ideally, some cybercrime research experience, plus a real desire to be part of an exciting pan European consortium that’s been awarded a multi-million Euro EU ...

On Jun 18, 2020
@BrianHonan shared
RT @ICOnews: NEW: ICO releases findings on the use of mobile phone extraction by police forces: https://t.co/lNElzdslRA https://t.co/F7t8yJqmBM
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ICO releases findings on the use of mobile phone extraction by police forces

ICO releases findings on the use of mobile phone extraction by police forces

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has released an investigation report into the use of mobile phone extraction (MPE) by police forces when conducting criminal investigations in ...