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Data protection regulations and compliance

• June 29, 2020 29 Jun'20

  Out of date security laws leave UK plc at risk during pandemic

  The CyberUp coalition has written to Boris Johnson to urge him to reform the UK’s 30 year-old cyber crime laws

• June 25, 2020 25 Jun'20

  Veeam bullish on growth in APAC

  Veeam’s top executive in Asia-Pacific expects the company’s growth momentum in the region to continue despite the Covid-19 pandemic, and is setting sights on growth areas such as container backups

• June 24, 2020 24 Jun'20

  EU judges GDPR an overall success, but changes still needed

  Two years after its implementation, an EU report says that the GDPR is achieving what it set out to do, with a few reservations

• June 24, 2020 24 Jun'20

  Brits will sell their personal data for pennies

  Surprising findings from an Okta report on digital identity suggest Brits would be willing to part with valuable personal data for a surprisingly low amount

• June 23, 2020 23 Jun'20

  Twitter contacts business users over data exposure

  Issue relates to how web browsers cached confidential data entered in Twitter’s ads and analytics services, but is unlikely to have resulted in compromise

• June 16, 2020 16 Jun'20

  UK-US data deal puts Brexit data adequacy pact at risk

  European Data Protection Board writes to MEPs saying the UK is at risk of failing to strike a post-Brexit data adequacy accord if its data protection agreements with the US don’t strike the right note

• June 02, 2020 02 Jun'20

  Digital transformation held back by lack of skilled people

  Veeam survey finds digital transformation a hot topic, but 44% of firms are held back by skills shortages. Meanwhile, the cost of downtime is found to be $67,651 per hour for the most important apps

• June 02, 2020 02 Jun'20

  NIS security regulations proving effective, but more work to do

  The UK’s NIS cyber security and risk regulations are proving somewhat effective, according to a government report

• May 29, 2020 29 May'20

  Singapore’s contact-tracing app tops privacy study

  Singapore’s TraceTogether is least intrusive in terms of privacy communications compared with similar apps in the region, study finds

• May 19, 2020 19 May'20

  GDPR wholly inappropriate to govern contact-tracing data

  Human Rights Committee Chair Harriet Harman says current data protection law is not up to the job of governing the data collected by the Covid-19 contact-tracing app

• May 19, 2020 19 May'20

  Nine million EasyJet customer details lost in data breach

  Cyber attack on EasyJet’s systems originated from a highly sophisticated source, says the airline

• May 13, 2020 13 May'20

  Can Lady Gaga and Madonna get people to take security seriously?

  What does it take to get people to pay attention to cyber security? A celebrity law firm hack may hold some answers

• May 12, 2020 12 May'20

  APAC firms still coming to grips with data protection

  More governments in Asia are implementing data protection regimes, but challenges such as checkbox compliance and the lack of effective staff training remain

• May 12, 2020 12 May'20

  How Australian firms can plug data protection gaps

  Australian organisations can address data protection challenges by creating roles such as a data governance lead, classifying data and improving employee awareness of cyber hygiene

• May 04, 2020 04 May'20

  NHSX contact-tracing app needs legislative oversight

  Legal experts have told Parliament’s Human Rights Committee that legislation is desirable to ensure public trust in the data security of the Covid-19 coronavirus contact-tracing app