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South Korea Increases Data Breach Fines, Lowers Liability Threshold

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Dissent

James Lim reports: Recent data breach amendments (Bill No. 10479) to South Korea’s framework data protection law increase available fines; lower the liability threshold that regulators must show to levy fines; allow compensation of individual plaintiffs without a showing of damages; and require notification of affected individuals within 24 hours of discovering a breach, a Korea…

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Commentary: We need a congressional inquiry into the MCCCD breach

Posted on May 17, 2014 by Dissent

President Truman had a sign on his desk that said, “The buck stops here.” We could use more of that accountability when it comes to data breaches in the education sector. Back in 2006, when I first began blogging about data breaches on PogoWasRight.org, I covered a series of breaches at Ohio University. One of the things that…

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Privacy Rights Group Files Legal Challenge To GCHQ’s Extensive Hacking Activities

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Dissent

Tim Cushing reports: Indispensable organization Privacy International has filed a legal challenge against GCHQ’s hacking of computers and devices, seeking to use the UK government’s own Computer Misuse Act against its national security agency. Much like the (frequently maligned) CFAA (Computer Fraud and Abuse Act) here in the US, the CMA prohibits unauthorized access of computers as well as knowingly…

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Retail industry to share data breach information

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Dissent

Tiffany Hsu reports: Retail heavyweights such as J.C. Penney, Gap, Nike and Walgreen are joining forces with the Retail Industry Leaders Assn. to try to protect the industry from hackers and other cybercriminals. On Wednesday the companies and the trade group launched an intelligence-sharing center designed to prevent the kind of data breach that struck…

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The Anatomy of an FTC Privacy and Data Security Consent Order

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Dissent

Daniel Solove and Woodrow Hartzog write: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently entered into a consent order with the media service Snapchat for not living up to its promises about how it maintains the privacy and security of user’s data. The FTC order prohibits Snapchat from “misrepresenting the extent to which it maintains the privacy, security, or confidentiality of…

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KR: Sanctioned card firms to resume operation this week, but suspension really cost them

Posted on May 11, 2014 by Dissent

Yonhap News Agency reports that although financial regulators are about to lift the 3-month suspension for new sign-ups they imposed on three credit card firms over data breaches, the suspension cost the firms a combined $117,000,000.00 and may cost their top executives their jobs: According to the officials, the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) will lift…

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