SMEs are obligated to meet the various security requirements under Thailand’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) which was enforced in June 2022 by the Personal Data Protection Committee. Though in effect, the committee recently made an announcement declaring that SMEs, social and community enterprises, cooperatives, and foundations would be exempt from certain requirements imposed on data controllers...
The Kashmir Observer reports that the University of Kashmir has been hit by a cyber attack which led to the exposure of personal data over 1 million students and employees of the institution, which were sold on the dark web for just USD 250. The cyber criminal, who nicknamed her/himself as “ViktorLustig” the infamous con...
The tech giant CISCO has been breached in late May 2022, and immediately controlled the diffusion of the news of the breach to mitigate averse effects in media, customers, and eventually the stock exchange. The cybercriminal group Yanluowang is behind the attack, and gave a very concise announcement on the fact that succeeded to infiltrate...
The PrivacyRules Israeli members at Pearl Cohen announce the first gathering of the Israeli DPO Forum! The forum is intended to be a professional framework for learning and professional development through activities and lectures for DPOs in Israel. A place for common questions, discussions, and exchange of opinions. The forum is an initiative of Haim...
Dimitri Shelest, member of the Forbes Technology Council, writes an interesting article explaining why companies should invest in privacy for and around their employees. Dimitri writes that “privacy protection solutions give people more control over their personal information, empowering them to regain their privacy online. At a time when employees are leaving their jobs at...
Twilio, a company providing services such as two-factor authentication (2FA), has confirmed hackers’ access to its customer data. The hackers gained access by tricking its employees into sharing their credentials Read more on TechCrunch
A cyber attack has hit the UK National Health Service (NHS) 111 telephone service delaying response times and other services such as patient referrals, out-of-hours appointment bookings, and emergency prescriptions. The target of the breach was Advanced, a company supplying software for about 85% of the NHS hotline’s services. The UK Government is now working...
The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) regularly publishes TechSonar reports to anticipate emerging technology trends with the main aim of better understanding future developments in the technology sector under the data protection perspective. Read the full report here
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