British Airways to get fined $230M for data breach
British regulators announced intentions to fine British Airways $230 million (£183m) for a data breach that impacted close to 500,000 customers.
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French data protection watchdog fines Google $57M for GDPR violations
French data protection watch dog and data privacy agency, CNIL, has imposed nearly a $57 million fine against Google for violating GDPR privacy rules. This is the first time GDPR-related penalties have been imposed against a large U.S. technology company since GDPR was first made into law last year.
WordPress GDPR compliance plugin vulnerability exploited
Critical vulnerabilities in a popular WordPress GDPR Compliance plugin was being exploited in the wild by hackers. WordPress since released version 1.4.3 that patched the critical flaws.
10 Critical Security Controls For GDPR Readiness
These 10 critical yet practical data security controls can help your small or mid-sized business safeguard sensitive data and be better prepared for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), soon to become effective May 25th, 2018. As we highlighted in our last article, GDPR: 10 Key Highlights From The New EU Regulations, we included some important takeaways …
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GDPR: 10 Key Highlights From The New EU Regulations
The new EU General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR is meant to standardize data protection laws and strengthen data protection for individuals across the European Union (EU). The new law will apply to any company small or large that collects or processes personal data of any EU resident and regardless of where the organization is …
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