In a previous post, we looked at the highest GDPR fines to date. We thought it would be interesting to show what instigates fines like these, so now...
Feb 25, 2020 l Data Protection, Compliance, Data Breaches
Almost 60% of UK Consumers Affected by Data Breaches in 2019
The number of data breaches that took place around the world in 2019 surpassed all previous years, with a total of 7,098 detected breaches. Although...
Feb 18, 2020 l GDPR, Data Protection, Compliance, Data Breaches, Cloud Computing
Is the US Ready for Centralized Data Privacy Enforcement?
The recent news about a proposed bill to create a central data privacy enforcing body shines another spotlight on the high-risk, high stakes shifting...
Data Privacy Day is a reminder for just how unsecure our digital lives really are. Normally, I comment on data protection and privacy for businesses...
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) was approved by the Governor of California in 2018 and as of January 1, 2020 it is in full effect. The...
In Verizon’s 2019 Payment Security Report, it was revealed that in 2018 only 36.7% of businesses are fully compliant with the Payment Card Industry...
Dec 9, 2019 l Data Protection, Compliance, Data Breaches
Domain Provider 'Network Solutions' Announces Data Breach
In a recent statement, the world’s first Internet domain name provider, Network Solutions, revealed that they were the target of a data breach. The...
Dec 3, 2019 l Data Protection, Compliance, Data Breaches
Rogue Staff Member at Leading Cybersecurity Company Leaks Customer Data
It's always an unfortunate occurrence when a company gets hit by a cyberattack. When a cybersecurity company gets breached, then the alarm bells...
Nov 20, 2019 l Data Protection, Compliance
How Artificial Intelligence will Affect Patient Data Protection
Following the successful introduction of Alexa’s healthcare services earlier this year, Amazon has announced that its AI, Textract, is now HIPAA...