The proposal aligns closely with what is currently recommended in guidance by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) for voluntary data breach reporting, and with what is required for mandatory
breach reporting in Alberta (see footnote 1) and in the European Union.
The proposed regulations align closely with what is required for mandatory data
breach reporting in Alberta and in the European Union.
OCR began its investigation following receipt of
a breach report in September, 2011, which indicated that an unencrypted, password protected laptop containing electronic protected health information (e-PHI) of approximately 9,000 patients was stolen from a locked vehicle belonging to an employee of a hospital business associate.
The investigation into Feinstein followed
a breach report in September, 2012, indicating that a laptop containing e-PHI of approximately 13,000 research participants was stolen from an employee's car.
Not exact matches
Security
breach disclosure requirements are one instance
in which data protection laws are not «regulatory overkill,» according to the
report.
Seven
in 10 of the cyber break -
ins analyzed
in Verizon's 2012 Data
Breach Investigations
Report occurred at organizations with 100 employees or less.
Despite becoming aware of the
breach and having it
reported to Yahoo's senior management and legal department, the company failed to properly investigate and did not disclose it to the public until more than two years later, when it was
in the process of being acquired by Verizon Communication Inc, the regulator said.
Pearson filed the suit on Monday
in the U.S. District Court of New Jersey, saying Valeant
breached his contract by not paying him 580,676 shares and 2.5 million performance shares due
in November under the terms of his separation agreement, the Journal
reported.
In fact, 44 percent of known breaches in 2014 stemmed from vulnerabilities caused by unpatched code that was two to four years old, showing that many companies are not adequately updating security patches, according to HP's Cyber Risk Repor
In fact, 44 percent of known
breaches in 2014 stemmed from vulnerabilities caused by unpatched code that was two to four years old, showing that many companies are not adequately updating security patches, according to HP's Cyber Risk Repor
in 2014 stemmed from vulnerabilities caused by unpatched code that was two to four years old, showing that many companies are not adequately updating security patches, according to HP's Cyber Risk
Report.
CBA's announcement, which was made
in a YouTube video by a senior bank executive a day after BuzzFeed Australia
reported the data
breach, puts further pressure on Australian banks already reeling from revelations of widespread misconduct
in a judicial inquiry.
A day after berating Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan over the bank's own scandal with phony accounts, Senator Warren took aim Wednesday at Smith, who retired as CEO of the credit
reporting agency last week
in the wake of the Equifax
breach.
SoftBank has become an aggressive investor
in Silicon Valley, and enters Uber's board as the company recovers from a massive data
breach, regulatory scrutiny and a damaging workplace culture
report.
Ransomware is particularly prevalent
in health care, as a 2017 Verizon Data
Breach analysis
reports.
Additionally, a quarter of these executives «are certain that their company will suffer a security
breach in the future,» the
report stated.
While the FBI
report did not name the victim of the destructive attack
in its bulletin, two cybersecurity experts who reviewed the document said it was clearly referring to the
breach at the California - based unit of Sony Corp..
A recentAccenture
report projects that 1
in 13 patients (about 25 million people) will be a victim of medical ID theft due to provider data
breaches.
In 2016, make sure your email - marketing systems are using the new Domain - based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance (DMARC) standard, and create a plan for notifying your customers in case of a scam attacking your company's brand or a breach in your securit
In 2016, make sure your email - marketing systems are using the new Domain - based Message Authentication,
Reporting & Conformance (DMARC) standard, and create a plan for notifying your customers
in case of a scam attacking your company's brand or a breach in your securit
in case of a scam attacking your company's brand or a
breach in your securit
in your security.
Both offers came last fall after the credit -
reporting company revealed that up to 145 million consumers» private data had been compromised
in a massive data
breach.
The integrity commissioner also
reported that Ford was
in violation of three articles
in the Code of Conduct, and that by asking for forgiveness of repaying the donations, could also be
breaching the Lobbyists» Code of Conduct.
The United States Postal Service is the latest victim
in a long list of organizations to have recently experienced a data
breach, saying it believes more than 800,000 employees» personal data — including Social Security numbers, names, dates of birth, addresses among other information — may have been compromised, the Washington Post
reports.
A
report published by the Ponemon Institute
in September 2014 found that almost half of all U.S. companies have experienced a security
breach of some sort
in the past year.
In September, Equifax
reported a massive data
breach, saying hackers may have accessed the personal details, including names and Social Security numbers, of more than 143 million consumers from mid-May to July.
Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations
in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security
breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur
in the legal and regulatory proceedings described
in the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly
reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports&r
reports on Form 10 - Q (the «
Reports&r
Reports»).
The firm's 2017 edition of its annual cybersecurity
report entitled «Cybersecurity Report: Chief Security Officers Reveal True Cost of Breaches And The Actions That Organizations Are Taking,» provides insights based on threat intelligence gathered by Cisco's security experts, combined with input from nearly 3,000 Chief Security Officers (CSOs) and other security operations leaders from businesses in 13 coun
report entitled «Cybersecurity
Report: Chief Security Officers Reveal True Cost of Breaches And The Actions That Organizations Are Taking,» provides insights based on threat intelligence gathered by Cisco's security experts, combined with input from nearly 3,000 Chief Security Officers (CSOs) and other security operations leaders from businesses in 13 coun
Report: Chief Security Officers Reveal True Cost of
Breaches And The Actions That Organizations Are Taking,» provides insights based on threat intelligence gathered by Cisco's security experts, combined with input from nearly 3,000 Chief Security Officers (CSOs) and other security operations leaders from businesses
in 13 countries.
Hack attacks are increasing
in sophistication and success — 2015 saw a record number of
reported data
breaches, with 3,930 incidents exposing more than 736 million records, according to Dataloss DB.
SNC - Lavalin even wrote
in its March 26
report that employees with knowledge of ethical
breaches do not have a «duty» to
report them.
Around two weeks after the
reports were published, Zuckerberg took out full - page ads
in a number of British and American newspapers to apologize for a «
breach of trust.»
The newswire
reported Wednesday that the ride - hailing company, which is facing a federal probe into possible
breaches of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, has already notified officials about payments made by its staff
in Indonesia.
In September, Deloitte, one of the world's largest accounting firms,
reported that hackers
breached the company's email, accessing sensitive information on 350 clients, including the U.S. government, banks, and other corporations.
Disreputable corporate executives nationwide are bowing
in thanks for Equifax, the credit
reporting bureau responsible for the most damaging data
breach in American history.
Credit
reporting agency Equifax
in September revealed that a data
breach had left the information of 145 million customers exposed.
In light of recent data
breaches within the personal credit
reporting industry, it's probably more important than ever to pay close attention to your personal credit profile.
The change
in number was
reported by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) as a result of an analysis of the data
breach.
Zuckerberg mentions the «certifications» obtained from Cambridge Analytica and Kogan
in 2015 that they'd deleted the data harvested once Facebook discovered the
breach — but also claims the company learned only last week that the data hadn't been deleted because of the Times and Guardian
reports.
The Massachusetts Senate unanimously passed a data
breach protection bill that would afford consumers better protections
in the event of a
breach impacting consumer credit
reporting agencies, SC Media
reports.
That affected group included 50 million riders and 7 million drivers; around 600,000 driver license numbers for U.S. drivers were also included
in the
breach, according to a new
report from Bloomberg.
SAN FRANCISCO Uber on Thursday plans to announce changes to how it rewards cyber researchers who
report flaws
in its software, a company executive told Reuters, as part of the ride - hailing firm's response to concerns raised about the way it handled a data
breach in 2016.
Uber did not
report the incident to regulators or to affected customers, but instead paid $ 100,000 to «hackers» to get rid of the data
in order to keep the
breach under wraps, according to the
report.
«We're not even one - third of the way through this year and we've already seen Facebook Founder & CEO Mark Zuckerberg testify on Capitol Hill regarding Cambridge Analytica getting their hands on 87 million Facebook users» private data,
in addition to 800,000 payment cards getting
breached via travel website Orbitz, and 5 million customers of Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor having their credit or debit card data stolen.And for good measure, news
reports continue to surface regarding Russia's meddling
in U.S....
NEW YORK (AP)-- Target
reported a 3.1 percent gain
in third - quarter profits to beat Wall Street expectations as its U.S. business rebounded from a massive data
breach that occurred just before Christmas last year.
A state judge
in Massachusetts ruled Wednesday that the Massachusetts Attorney General can move forward with a potentially gigantic data
breach case against the credit
reporting firm Equifax.
Actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied by forward - looking statements based on a number of factors, including, without limitation: (1) risks related to the consummation of the Merger, including the risks that (a) the Merger may not be consummated within the anticipated time period, or at all, (b) the parties may fail to obtain shareholder approval of the Merger Agreement, (c) the parties may fail to secure the termination or expiration of any waiting period applicable under the HSR Act, (d) other conditions to the consummation of the Merger under the Merger Agreement may not be satisfied, (e) all or part of Arby's financing may not become available, and (f) the significant limitations on remedies contained
in the Merger Agreement may limit or entirely prevent BWW from specifically enforcing Arby's obligations under the Merger Agreement or recovering damages for any
breach by Arby's; (2) the effects that any termination of the Merger Agreement may have on BWW or its business, including the risks that (a) BWW's stock price may decline significantly if the Merger is not completed, (b) the Merger Agreement may be terminated
in circumstances requiring BWW to pay Arby's a termination fee of $ 74 million, or (c) the circumstances of the termination, including the possible imposition of a 12 - month tail period during which the termination fee could be payable upon certain subsequent transactions, may have a chilling effect on alternatives to the Merger; (3) the effects that the announcement or pendency of the Merger may have on BWW and its business, including the risks that as a result (a) BWW's business, operating results or stock price may suffer, (b) BWW's current plans and operations may be disrupted, (c) BWW's ability to retain or recruit key employees may be adversely affected, (d) BWW's business relationships (including, customers, franchisees and suppliers) may be adversely affected, or (e) BWW's management's or employees» attention may be diverted from other important matters; (4) the effect of limitations that the Merger Agreement places on BWW's ability to operate its business, return capital to shareholders or engage
in alternative transactions; (5) the nature, cost and outcome of pending and future litigation and other legal proceedings, including any such proceedings related to the Merger and instituted against BWW and others; (6) the risk that the Merger and related transactions may involve unexpected costs, liabilities or delays; (7) other economic, business, competitive, legal, regulatory, and / or tax factors; and (8) other factors described under the heading «Risk Factors»
in Part I, Item 1A of BWW's Annual
Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended December 25, 2016, as updated or supplemented by subsequent
reports that BWW has filed or files with the SEC.
The
report highlights the SRO's enforcement activities
in combating unsuitable investment recommendations, falsification, unauthorized outside business activities and other securities regulatory
breaches.
On February 21, CNBC
reported that Toys «R» Us was at risk of
breaching a covenant on a $ 3.1 - billion debtor -
in - possession loan.
«The privacy commissioner released a
report this past January that identified gaps
in how privacy
breaches have been managed.
The social network giant
reported about 2.2 billion monthly active users
in March, the same month that a data
breach affecting about 87 million Facebook users was revealed
In fact, just this month it was
reported that the Equifax data
breach of 2017 may have exposed more personal information than anyone previously thought.
After the massive Equifax data
breach last month, Americans have been told — including by ValuePenguin — to freeze their credit
reports to help prevent a fraudster from opening a new credit account
in their names.
These risks and uncertainties include: fluctuations
in U.S. and international economies and currencies, our ability to preserve, grow and leverage our brands, potential negative effects of material
breaches of our information technology systems if any were to occur, costs associated with, and the successful execution of, the company's initiatives and plans, the acceptance of the company's products by our customers, the impact of competition, coffee, dairy and other raw material prices and availability, the effect of legal proceedings, and other risks detailed
in the company filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the «Risk Factors» section of Starbucks Annual
Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended September 28, 2014.
Potts said
in the legislature on April 12 that the bill «was something that came about as a result of conversations I'd had with many people... on the aspect of the bill relating to credit
reporting scores, and particularly
in relation to when we saw a
breach of data from a credit
reporting agency.»