The General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) ('GDPR') and the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 ('CCPA') (SB-1121 as amended at the time of this publication) both aim to guarantee strong protection for individuals regarding their personal data and apply to businesses that collect, use, or share consumer data, whether the...
Organizations across all industries, including government agencies, are facing a surge of ransomware attacks launched by cybercriminals. New types of ransomware principally causing this surge have the potential to cause significantly more business disruption and difficulty restoring computer data and networks. Attackers are also often demanding...
Your customers trust that you're taking every measure possible to protect your personal and confidential information. In the U.P. we feel safe and protected living in a remote and safe part of the world. Living here makes it easy to forgot how quickly, easily connected and vulnerable we are to the rest of the world.
Ransomware attacks skyrocketed in the first quarter of 2019, according to the Beazley Breach Response (BBR) Services team, which reports a 105% increase in the number of ransomware attack notifications against clients compared to Q1 2018.
The Cyber Security Breaches Survey is a quantitative and qualitative survey of UK businesses and charities.
With Only Six Months Until the CCPA's Implementation Date, Research Reveals Less than Half Will be Prepared
The GDPR Effect The phenomenon that is the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has demonstrated one thing above all else: people's interest in and appetite for understanding and controlling use of their personal data is anything but a reflection of apathy and fatalism. While a series of Eurobarometer surveys in recent years have catalogued...
On 25 May 2018 new data breach notification laws came into force across Europe which fundamentally changed the risk profile for organizations suffering a personal data breach.
Six months on from the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") coming into force, GDPR is having the desired effect with a largely positive impact on consumer opinion in relation to personal data being collected and stored by organisations. This report discusses the impact GDPR is having on organisations and how consumer perceptions and...
More than 8,000 data breaches have been reported in the UK since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect in May, the information commissioner has said.06 Dec 2018