Massachusetts Updates Data Breach Laws
The Governor of Massachusetts has signed in a new law that updates the state’s existing data breach laws. Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed the law, named “An Act relative to consumer protection from security breaches” on January 10, 2019. It will come into effect in April 2019. One of the changes introduced by the law is the removal of fees charged by credit reporting agencies for security disclosures and freezes in...
GDPR Violation Penalty Levied Against Hospital for First Time
The Centro Hospitalar Barreiro Montijo, near Lisbon, Portugal, has become the first hospital to be issued a penalty for violating the EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The Comissão Nacional de Protecção de Dados (CNPD), the body which oversees issues relating to data protection, prosecuted the Barreiro Montijo hospital for failing to ensure that adequate access restrictions were in place to protect the integrity of...
Radisson Hotel Data Breach Response Potentially in Violation of GDPR
The Radisson Hotel Group may be fined for non-compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) following a data breach earlier this year. The Radisson Hotel Group is a chain with over 1,400 hotels in over 70 countries and incorporates hotel brand such as the Park Plaza, Country Inn & Suites, Park Inn, and Radisson Collection. As their headquarters is based in Brussels, Belgium, the group is required to comply...
Report Reveals Spike in Data Breaches Reported Under GDPR
The General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) came into effect in the European Union in May 2018. The regulations served to replace the existing regulations covering data protection, which were woefully out-of-date with modern technology and inadequate to deal with major cybersecurity risks. The creators of GDPR hoped that the regulations would reduce the risk of data theft to a minimum by requiring that a number of safeguards are in...
Survey finds US and UK Companies Slow to Prepare for GDPR Compliance
A recent survey, conducted by Dimensional Research, has revealed that the levels of unpreparedness for both US and UK firms for compliance with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) are high. Results seen in both the UK and US studies confirm the clients’ fears about the difficulty of privacy management. It also backs up the claims that technology investment will play a massive role in complying with GDPR and...
Public Whois Registry Likely to be Affected by GDPR
The EU GDPR Law will have a significant impact on the businesses that process and manage EU citizens’ data. WHOIS is a member of Domain Name sector that is likely to be affected by the new data protection legislation. The introduction of these new laws will be a delicate process for companies as they work to comply with the guidelines from the European Union and the ICANN. WHOIS supplies a database where internet users to find domain...
GDPR to be incorporated in new UK Data Protection Bill
The British Government has completeded the Data Protection Bill that aims to align the country’s data protection regime with the soon to be introduced European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This will allow UK citizens to have more control over their private personal information and impose harsher penalties on the companies that breach the laws. The Bill is part of the multi-billion National Cyber Security Strategy....
GDPR Leads Lloyds to Alter Marketing Campaigns
Lloyds Banking Group has taken steps to introduce new marketing campaigns due to the coming introduction of the European Union’s GDPR legislation, a new set of guidelines on data privacy and security. Lloyds is moving from product-focused campaigns to the content-focused strategies in line with the GDPR legislation. Lloyds is one of the groups that has spent a considerable amount of money preparing for the new regulations....
Snapchat Video Post Causes Nursing Assistant Sacked
A nursing helper from the Parkside Manor assisted-living service in Kenosha, WI. has been sacked for showing a video of a nearly nude 93-year-old Alzheimer’s patient as well as distributing the file on Snapchat. In recent months an unpleasant tendency has developed concerning nurses taking pictures as well as videos of old patients and distributing the files on social media nets. The videos and images display patients in performing...