The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has updated its cybersecurity guidance for the health care industry, with the purpose of helping health care organizations protect patients’ personal health information. The new report is titled Implementing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule: A Cybersecurity Resource Guide and focuses on issues...
The Constitutional Court of South Korea has unanimously ruled as unconstitutional the law that authorized mobile carriers to share personal data with law enforcement agencies without notifying the user. The court also ruled that the law violates the right to self-determination of personal information. Earlier, the South Korean’s Telecommunications Business Act allowed mobile carriers to...
The Indian Government has reported that the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has accounted more than 670 thousand data breaches since the beginning of 2022. Since 2019, the cyber incidents trend has been on a steady increase rising concerns over the awareness and preparedness of Indian entities against this phenomenon. Read more on the...
Following a public consultation the CNIL, the French DPA, has published a position on the conditions for deploying “augmented” video devices in places open to the public. In particular, CNIL’s position presents the legal framework currently applicable and highlights the risks to the rights and freedoms of individuals if more modern rules will not address...
A German citizen has sued the European Commission for violations of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) when transferring data to the US, and also for lack of transparent disclosure of its data processing practices. Europäische Gesellschaft für Datenschutz is the organisation that is supporting the claimant, who complains specifically against the website of...
The Albanian government and all online public services websites have been closed by the Albanian National Agency for the Information Society (AKSHI), as a result of a cyber attack allegedly directed from outside the Mediterranean country. AKSHI reported to have swiftly operated to defuse the attack, in cooperation with Microsoft and the tech company that...
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) have adopted their Joint Opinion on the European Commission’s Proposal for the European Health Data Space (EHDS). The Proposal should allow a safe and secure exchange of health data within the EU. Additionally, paragraphs 104-105 of the opinion consist in a shared...
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