Inside Uber’s $100,000 Payment to a Hacker, and the Fallout
How Uber grappled with a 2016 hack is under scrutiny and has cast a chill over how other companies deal […]
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UK’s DPA expands guidance on data breaches
United Kingdom’s Information Commissioner’s Office (‘ICO’) on 12 January 2018 announced that it had expanded its guidance on personal data […]
Identity theft? Show me the records!
There’s been a lot of talk about identity theft lately. Maybe you’ve even heard from customers affected by it. Your […]
Carphone Warehouse fined for ‘striking’ number of failures that led to data breach
Information Commissioner’s Office fines company £400,000 for ‘concerning’ security issues following investigation of hack of 3m customers’ data. Source: Carphone […]
Why Companies in Mexico Should Reassess Their Compliance with Data Privacy Protocols—and Their Risk of a Data Breach
According to the Constitution of Mexico, the protection of personal data is a fundamental right of all Mexican citizens. Under […]
Recent Trends, Future Predictions, and Effective Risk Assessments
Risk assessments are a fundamental part of any organization’s risk management process. But many organizations still do not incorporate true […]
Insurance firm and two senior figures handed record data breach fines
An insurance firm and two senior figures connected with the company have been given record fines for using private detectives […]
Privacy of location tracking device owners threatened by ‘Trackmageddon’ flaws
A slew of online services used to manage GPS- and GSM-based location tracking devices have been found vulnerable to flaws […]
Rash of data breaches forcing agencies to rethink how they verify employees’ identities
Joe Stuntz, a former policy lead for the OMB’s cyber and national security unit, said the future of identity management […]
India probes report on breach of national identity database
India on Thursday began investigating a report that access to its database of the identity details of more than 1 […]
Data Breach Affected More Than 240,000 Homeland Security Workers
The breach also affected non-DHS employees who communicated with the department’s inspector general. Source: Data Breach Affected More Than 240,000 […]
Personal data of a billion Indians sold online for £6
The personal information of more than a billion Indians stored in the world’s largest biometric database can be bought online […]