The Utah Attorney General announced a historic $600 million nationwide settlement with Equifax concerning the 2017 Equifax data breach affecting more than 147 million Americans, and more than 1.2 million Utahns
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, “Dutch DPA“) issued its first GDPR-fine of EUR 460,000 or $515,936. The fine was imposed on the Dutch Haga Hospital for having an insufficient internal security of patient records.
Desjardins Group Chief Executive Guy Cormier said the credit union federation will offer free, permanent data protection to all its members in the wake of last month's data breach that affected 2.7 million individuals.
Thirty-two percent of healthcare organizations store a wide range of sensitive data in the cloud, including healthcare data and personally identifiable information (PII) of customers and employees.
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is fundamentally changing the way in which businesses deal with the personal information of California residents.
More than 90 percent of companies in both the US and UK feel their current password protection measures and guidelines provide adequate protection for their business.
