The press release of the UK Information Commissioner Office (ICO) informs that the Commissioner has called on the criminal justice sector to immediately stop collecting excessive amounts of personal information from victims of rape and serious sexual assault cases. The call is published in a Commissioner’s Opinion which informs the sector how to use victims’ personal...
In a press release, the Singapore Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) announces that it has launched a free Data Anonymisation tool to help organisations transform simple datasets by applying basic anonymisation techniques. An infographic that provides guidance on how to use the tool is also included. The tool is available here.
Kelly Dickson and Lachlan Gibbs from the PrivacyRules Australian law firm member Macpherson Kelley just published an interesting guide on the topic of the importance of cybersecurity for companies to manage risks. You can read in the guide that during the 2020–21 financial year, the Australian Cyber Security Centre received over 67,500 cybercrime reports, with incidents...
The Italian DPA (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali) has sanctioned the public administration INAL with a €50,000 fine for three recorded incidents that resulted in unauthorized access to sensitive data of some beneficiaries. The Garante underlines that all public bodies, in particular those with relevant institutional duties, must adopt adequate technical and organizational...
CISCO has just released a report for cybersecurity of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the Asia Pacific region. Through the report and related assessment tool, SMBs can better understand their overall security posture and readiness through the lens of zero trust. Find the study here.
The US communications giant Verizon has just released its 2022 Data Breach Investigation Report where it analyses over 23,000 incidents and 5,200 confirmed breaches from around the world. Find the report here.
Twitter has agreed to pay USD150m to settle claims for misuse of private information between 2013 and 2019. Allegedly, Twitter used such private information collected by misrepresenting that it was gathered for reasons of security. Find more on Reuters here.
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