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Data breach litigation against optometry board revived

Posted on June 15, 2018 by Dissent

Judy Greenwald reports: A federal appeals court has overturned a lower court ruling and reinstated putative class action data breach litigation against the National Board of Examiners in Optometry Inc. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, said in Tuesday’s ruling in Rhonda L. Hutton et al. v. National Board of Examiners…

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Canada Revenue Agency logs 2,338 privacy breaches in just under 2 years

Posted on June 15, 2018 by Dissent

Monique Scotti reports: The personal, confidential information of over 80,000 individual Canadians held by the Canada Revenue Agency may have been accessed without authorization over the last 21 months, according to government documents made public last week. But while the number of potential privacy breaches may be eye-popping, the CRA is downplaying the seriousness of…

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UK: Gloucestershire Police fined for revealing identities of abuse victims in bcc email gaffe

Posted on June 14, 2018 by Dissent

The Information Commissioner’s Office has really been busy handing out fines. Have you seen any monetary penalties imposed by regulators on police departments here in the U.S.? No, you haven’t, right? Gloucestershire Police has been fined £80,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after sending a bulk email that identified victims of non-recent child abuse….

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Yahoo! UK fined £250,000 by ICO after systemic failures put customer data at risk

Posted on June 12, 2018 by Dissent

From the ICO’s office: Yahoo! UK Services Limited has been fined £250,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) following a cyber-attack in November 2014. The incident was publicly disclosed in September 2016, almost two years after it had taken place. Because of when the breach happened, the ICO’s investigation was carried out under the Data…

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74 Arrested in Coordinated International Enforcement Operation Targeting Hundreds of Individuals in Business Email Compromise Schemes

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Dissent

74 Arrested in Coordinated International Enforcement Operation “Wire Wire,” Targeting Hundreds of Individuals in Business Email Compromise Schemes 42 Alleged Fraudsters Arrested in the United States Federal authorities announced today a significant coordinated effort to disrupt Business Email Compromise (BEC) schemes that are designed to intercept and hijack wire transfers from businesses and individuals, including…

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Yahoo’s EU regulator orders privacy changes over data breach

Posted on June 8, 2018 by Dissent

Padraic Halpin reports: Yahoo’s European regulator has ordered it to make privacy changes following a probe into what it said was one of the largest ever data breaches to impact EU citizens. […] It ordered the internet company to take specified actions, including ensuring that all its data protection policies take account of the applicable…

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