Boards preparing for SEC's proposed cybersecurity, privacy rules

(Jun 2, 2023) Draft cybersecurity and privacy rules proposed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission would require public companies to disclose board members with s... Read More

Toyota data leaks may extend across Asia-Pacific region

(Jun 1, 2023) Reuters reports Toyota informed Asia-Pacific customers their data may be subject to data leaks after its database was discovered to be left open for more tha... Read More

FTC, DOJ order $30.8M fine, corrective measures against Amazon's Alexa, Ring

(Jun 1, 2023) The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice Read More

Northern Territory patients swept up in government data breach

(May 25, 2023) Australia's Northern Territory government unintentionally shared sensitive health data belonging to thousands of individuals with a third-party global vendor... Read More

Liability for software insecurity: Striking the right balance

(May 23, 2023) The case for imposing legal liability on providers of insecure software has been in the making by Read More

DPO dilemmas a 'human factor' 

(May 23, 2023) A significant number of business decisions, irrespective of discipline, are marred by dilemmas. For data protection officers, dealing with dilemmas is part a... Read More

EU lawmakers to begin negotiations on Cyber Resilience Act

(May 22, 2023) EU lawmakers next week will discuss areas of compromise on the proposed Cyber Resilience Act, Euractiv reports. Main points of discussion around the proposal... Read More

Meta fined GDPR-record 1.2 billion euros in data transfer case

(May 22, 2023) Ireland's Data Protection Commission handed down a long-awaited Read More

Taiwan increases data breach fine scheme

(May 17, 2023) The Liberty Times Net reports Taiwan's Legislative Yuan approved amendments to the Personal Data Protection Act's financial penalty scheme for private entiti... Read More

Discord's customer service vendor breached

(May 17, 2023) Messaging platform Discord announced it sustained a data breach after a hacker "gained unauthorized access to the support ticket queue of a third-party custo... Read More