A joint investigation into the July 2015 AshleyMadison.com data breach, which impacted customers in nearly 50 countries, has received the Global Privacy and Data Protection Award at this year’s International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners in Hong Kong. The collaboration demonstrated among the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Australian Information Commissioner and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada was described by ICDPPC Chair John Edwards as “a model on how to achieve cross-border cooperation in privacy enforcement.” The ICDPPC has also released a list of other winners for its inaugural awards. 
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