Given the scale of the data breach, the sensitivity of the information involved, the impact on affected individuals and the international reach of ALM's business, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner jointly investigated ALM's privacy practices at
the time of the data breach and on Aug. 22, 2016, published a detailed and damning report that found ALM had contravened the Canadian Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act in myriad ways.
Not exact matches
Yahoo, now owned by Verizon, and Equifax, are two companies which were hit with some
of the biggest
data breaches of all
time.
Yahoo tripled its estimate for the number
of accounts affected by an August 2013
data breach to a full 3 billion accounts, the entirety
of those registered across Yahoo Mail and other Yahoo - owned properties at the
time, the company said Tuesday.
For example, according to McAfee founder John McAfee, the recent Ashley Madison
data breach was caused by a lone female employee
of the site, he wrote in a recent International Business
Times op - ed.
I have spent my entire career in the analysis
of cybersecurity
breaches, and can recognise an inside job 100 %
of the
time if given sufficient
data - and 40 GB is more than sufficient.
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.
But copies
of the
data extracted by Cambridge Analytica exist to this day, according to the
Times, whose reporters had access to raw
data from the
breach.
Cambridge Analytica also has strong ties to Trumpworld: Robert Mercer, a hedge fund billionaire and conservative political donor, owns the
data firm, and Steve Bannon — the man who would become Trump's campaign manager in 2016 — was a vice president there at the
time of the
breach.
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This is the year privacy safeguards finally kick in for consumers after outraged lawmakers wasted no
time passing legislation in the wake
of the Equifax
data breach, which exposed the personal information
of more than 145 million Americans.
«This is not some
breach where some sort
of secret
data was let out in the wild for the first
time,» Ruffini said
of the
data Cambridge Analytica collected.
The FBI is currently investigating the hack; however, the Equifax cyberattack ranks among the three largest
data breaches of all
time, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Facebook acted as The New York
Times and The Observer
of London exposed Cambridge Analytica's acquisition
of the
data, calling it a «
breach» that «underpinned» the analytics firm's «work on President Trump's campaign in 2016.»
«The
breach compromises the credit bureau's reputation as a trusted steward
of consumer
data, and will create a near - term business disruption,» SunTrust analyst Andrew Jeffrey told
Time.
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of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact
of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels
of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility
of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions
of these conditions that decrease the level
of disposable income
of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security
of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts
of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets;
breaches in
data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread
of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment
of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount
of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion
of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability
of our creditors to accelerate the repayment
of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss
of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price
of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different
times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability
of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
In the wake
of the upcoming GDPR, as well as recent
data breaches and alleged
data misuse with Cambridge Analytica, Equifax, My Fitness Pal, and others, it's never been a better
time for organizations to take a close look and ask hard questions around...
WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain
of the
Times Union about driving selfies and a
data breach.
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The legislation will require educational institutions to notify the Information Commissioner's Office
of any serious
data security
breaches within 24 hours and inform all affected individuals at the same
time.
Data breaches cost Canadian companies an average
of $ 6.03 M every
time they occur according to The Ponemon Institute, and Blackberry estimates that total costs for Canadian companies will reach $ 23B by 2019.
As I mentioned above, the four - week moving average
of the jobless claims
data breached 500,000 this week, which has happened only 4 other
times.
P.F. Chang's names 33 restaurants hit by
data breach — P.F. Chang's China Bistro has named the places and
times it suffered a
data breach, with 33
of its 210 U.S. restaurants being hit for weeks or months... (See P.F. Chang's
data breach)
Data breaches are increasing at a record pace and reached an all -
time high
of over 1,000 in 2017.
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time, The Gamesmen have an interview with Brendan and Tina about updates to Predestination; they also talk about a tutorial play
of Cuphead, a government block because
of Fight
of Gods, the Equifax
data breach, The Binding
of Isaac's mod team, and a man shooting at -LSB-...]
The university says it has «no evidence
of a recent
breach in our systems», and suggests that the cache — posted on a Russian server — has «the appearance
of having been held back after the theft
of data and emails in 2009 to be released at a
time designed to cause maximum disruption to the imminent international climate talks».
In many ways it is surprising this has received such little attention until now given that the Cambridge Analytica
data «
breach» at the centre
of the scandal occurred several years ago and was carried out in accordance with privacy standards which were published at the
time.
At the
time such
data sharing was permitted so the «
breach» appears to be more about the subsequent retention
of the information and its use for wider purposes than those for which it was originally gathered.
In the face
of ever - escalating
data breaches, now is a good
time to develop and implement a plan or to update an existing one.
Despite its written promises, at the
time of the
breach, ALM kept a user's
data for a further 12 months even after they paid for the «full delete» and users were only told their
data would be kept «due to legal and financial reasons» (such as processing chargebacks) after ALM accepted the user's payment.
If an organization does not yet have a
data breach /
breach of security safeguards policy, then it's high
time to consider putting one in place.
The report states that at least half
of EU member states will, for the first
time, be entitled to claim compensation for personal
data breaches.
Security expert Rob Lee, a noted lecturer from the security firm Mandiant has reported to us that Mandiant spent approximately 10 %
of its
time in 2010 investigating
data breaches at law firms.
«Institutions around the world recognize that the threat
of cyberattacks and
data breaches are not going away any
time soon,» said Squire Patton Boggs chair and global CEO Mark Ruehlmann.
In light
of the costs and
time involved in responding to
data breaches and the subsequent ongoing consequences and expense, there is a strong incentive for organisations to ensure they have an appropriate privacy framework in place, both to prevent privacy
breaches and to respond to any
data and privacy
breaches that may occur.
loss
of income or revenue; loss
of business; loss
of profits or contracts; loss
of anticipated savings; loss
of data; loss
of goodwill; wasted management or office
time; and for any other loss or damage
of any kind, however arising and whether caused by tort (including negligence),
breach of contract or otherwise, even if foreseeable.
Businesses must ensure they are fully aware
of the risks
of data breaches with the Cloud and be vigilant at all
times once they are in place.
From a rash
of payment card
breaches impacting customers
of large retailers like Target and Home Depot to the more recent Sony hacking incident,
data breach class action litigation shows no signs
of slowing down any
time soon.
To facilitate compliance with the new
data breach reporting regime under PIPEDA, the proposed Regulations provide for implementation at the same
time as the related statutory requirements under Division 1.1
of PIPEDA, and allow for a lag period between the publication
of final Regulations and their coming into force.
Technology — Choosing the right law practice technology (management, cyber security, legal research databases, and digital marketing) from the beginning saves money and
time and avoids the danger or expense
of migrating later,
breaches of confidentiality, or lost
data.
The financial privacy issues are also partially addressed by the provider's merchant agreement with the credit card company which contains terms requiring them to maintain certain kinds
of security with respect to your financial information (which is not to say that the provider actually follows all
of the requirements
of their merchant agreement scrupulously, which is why
data breaches happen all the
time in businesses both large and small).
The US has had at least a common - law action for intrusion upon seclusion for a long
time, yet none
of the class actions brought as a consequence
of a
data breach has resulted in a judgment, and the overwhelming majority have been dismissed early on because no damages have been demonstrated.
There are
data breaches all
of the
time.
Sad fact
of life:
Data breaches happen all the
time.
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data and erase the data from all forms of digital stor
data and erase the
data from all forms of digital stor
data from all forms
of digital storage.
And considering only 22 %
of small businesses have a cyber or
data breach response plan in place, it's
time to reconsider the significance
of cyber crime insurance coverage.
After a series
of revelations about the vastness
of the Cambridge Analytica
data breach and acknowledgement that nearly all
of Facebook's 2.2 billion users have had their profile
data scraped at one
time or another, now comes a report that Facebook sent a doctor on a secret mission to obtain medical records from a number
of major hospitals.
During that
time, according to a report in the Guardian, he warned executives at Facebook that their policy, which allowed app developers to collect
data on users who downloaded it and on all
of their friends, was too loose and placed users at risk
of privacy
breaches.
The proposed class action would represent people who bought Facebook shares from Feb. 3, 2017, when Facebook filed its annual report and cited security
breaches and improper access to user
data, through March 19
of this year, two days after a New York
Times report revealed how
data from Cambridge Analytica obtained through Facebook were used without «proper disclosures or permission.»
This
time, following the dogged and undercover reporting
of Channel 4 News, The Observer and The New York
Times, Facebook has responded with the bold assertion that tens
of millions
of people having their
data scraped and passed on to a third party does not constitute a
data breach.
In March, The Observer and The New York
Times reported that more than 50 million people were affected by the
data breach, causing a worldwide scandal, sparking multiple investigations into Facebook's practices, and calls for a boycott
of the social network.