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Explore how an advanced exposure management solution saved a major retail industry client from ending up on the naughty step due to a misconfiguration in its cookie management policy. This wasn’t anything malicious, but with modern web environments being so complex, mistakes can happen, and non-compliance fines can be just an oversight away.Download the full […]
French data protection regulators on Thursday found the use of Google Analytics a breach of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) laws in the country, almost a month after a similar decision was reached in Austria. To that end, the National Commission on Informatics and Liberty (CNIL) ruled that the transatlantic movement of […]
Tired of accepting or rejecting cookie notices on websites you visit? You can now use any of these 3 browser extensions to automatically accept or disable browser cookies notice on any website. In 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was implemented in the European Union (EU) regulating how companies and websites control the data […]
For many companies, data compliance regulations are a huge burden, and one that’s only getting heavier. The GDPR regulations introduced in the EU last year were just the tip of an iceberg of customer confidentiality and permission requirements. Hot on its heels comes the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA), due to become effective in January […]
GDPR ,or the General Data Prevention Regulation, is a new law that has been enforced by the European Union since May 25, 2018. The goal of this regulation is to update the Data Protection Directive of 1995; this was was enacted before the widespread use of the internet, which has drastically changed the way data […]
The intrusive activities of companies like Facebook are getting further and further. A group of information security experts has revealed that some menstrual period tracking mobile apps have shared multiple confidential details with the social media giant, including use of birth control methods, dates periods and some symptoms of users. There are multiple menstrual monitoring […]
Micro-blogging site Twitter has disclosed that some of their advert partners are abusing a bug in their system that allowed the latter to extract user information without the consent of the account owner, also considered as an internal data breach. The bug was fixed just last August 5, 2019, as Twitter promised its entire userbase […]
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applied on 25 May 2018, this new law applies to all companies that collect and process data belonging to European Union (EU) citizens. This includes companies with operations in the EU and/or a website or app that collects and processes EU citizen data. It expands the rights of individuals to […]
Marriott International fined over £99 million ($123 Millon) under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for failure to protect customer data. Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued a fine notice to Marriott for 2018 data breach, in which approximately 339 million guest records were exposed globally. The fine imposed to Marriott for breaches of data protection […]
After fining British Airways with a record fine of £183 million earlier this week, the UK’s data privacy regulator is now planning to slap world’s biggest hotel chain Marriott International with a £99 million ($123 million) fine under GDPR over 2014 data breach. This is the second major penalty notice in the last two days […]
Britain’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) today hit British Airways with a record fine of £183 million for failing to protect the personal information of around half a million of its customers during last year’s security breach. British Airways, who describes itself as “The World’s Favorite Airline,” disclosed a breach last year that exposed personal details […]
British Airways is now in hot water, as they are facing a £183-million fine in order to compensate the 2018 data breach it experienced. The airline company expressed its dissatisfaction of the decision, as it claims all the necessary mitigations were in-place, and it is just an unfortunate victim of cyber criminals. The announcement of […]
When the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, was released, it led to the creation of a new role called the Data Protection Officer, or DPO. This role is mainly responsible for the data protection strategy and implementation of a company to ensure that they are in compliance with the regulations set forth by the […]
Cyber attacks are on the rise and it isn’t just the large corporations who are targeted, anyone who does anything online is at risk of being exposed or hacked. The problem with digital crimes is that the culprit could be continents away. However, it isn’t just the hackers that you need to be wary of. […]
Symantec, a mainstream antimalware vendor has disclosed the result of their study that reveals that 67% of hotel websites experienced leaks with its respective booking systems. The leakage continues and it is predicted to continue its upward trajectory due to the growth of form jacking attacks. Symantec has tested 1,500 hotels globally and they discovered […]
With 4.312 billion users in the world, comprising 55.6% of the global population, the Internet has become an everyday center hub for almost all human events and actions. Be it for entertainment, information, remote computing, communication and many aspects of 21st century lifestyle. Across the board the most common operating systems with consumer devices in […]
Quocirca, a market insight consulting firm has posted their Global Print Security Landscape 2019 report, which publicly revealed that 60% of corporate entities globally are exposed to data breach due to misconfigured printers. The reality that printers are not a set it, then forget it machines, but rather a machine with its own operating system […]
California proposed legislation if passed, would set stricter guidelines for when companies need to inform customers of a data breach. Attorney General Xavier Becerra and State Assembly member Marc Levine unveiled the new legislation at a press conference on Thursday. According to a report on CNN Business, companies would be required to notify California residents […]
The Government of Germany ordered Facebook to restrict the way the social network collects information from its users According to network security and ethical hacking specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security, Bundeskartellamt, the competition authority in Germany ordered Facebook to restrict its data collection and mixing policy when the users did not have […]
Business interruption once again becomes the top business risk in Singapore, according to a recent report. It is the eighth annual Allianz Risk Barometer published by Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) that has made this revelation about the Singapore business scenario. South-east Asia’s leading financial daily The Business Times reports, “BUSINESS interruption has re-emerged […]
Dailymotion, the rival to Youtube’s video-sharing empire, has become a victim of a cyber attack called credential stuffing. It is an attack using the usernames and passwords from other data breaches against Dailymotion’s login system. This is highly effective since people usually reuse the same username and passwords across multiple web services. This same attack […]