Data Breach Archives

November 24, 2020

Published by Chloe Boyle on November 24, 2020

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Prestige Software Data Leak: What Consequences Can the Hospitality Industry Learn?

The hospitality industry has long been an attractive target for hackers. With all virtual services available today, criminals might take advantage of anything from a vulnerable key […]

November 28, 2019

Published by Nick Eckert on November 28, 2019

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Are You Ready for a Data Breach in the Post-GDPR Era?

Find out what it takes to deal with a data breach under GDPR. Learn how complying with GDPR reduces risk and makes a breach easier to report.

July 23, 2019

Published by Nick Eckert on July 23, 2019

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Dutch Data Protection Regulator AP Issues First Major GDPR Fine to Hospital

GDPR recently made the news in the Netherlands when the Dutch Data Protection Authority, the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP) issued a €460000 fine to a hospital in […]

July 11, 2019

Published by Nick Eckert on July 11, 2019

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How Data Breaches Happen

Data breaches are frightening. Just imagine purchasing something online and, a month later, receiving an email saying your credit card info might have been stolen. What’s […]

January 24, 2019

Published by Nick Eckert on January 24, 2019

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Human Error as the First Cause of Data Breaches and How to Solve the Problem

With so many cases of data breaches being reported, you may be wondering whether hackers have become cleverer or whether organisations are not giving data protection […]

December 13, 2018

Published by Nick Eckert on December 13, 2018

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All the major data breaches in 2018

Why is data breach becoming a household word? Because personal data has become hot property for all kinds of companies that want to use it for […]

December 5, 2018

Published by Nick Eckert on December 5, 2018

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When an employee is leaving, what should I do to protect my data?

According to both US and EU labor statistics[1] 15% of employees change employer every year and one of the major problems related to data protection is […]

October 31, 2018

Published by Nick Eckert on October 31, 2018

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CNIL’s first assessment of breaches since the GDPR

The French Data Protection Authority CNIL reports (in french) that in the first four months of the GDPR being enforced it received 742 notifications of data breaches concerning […]

October 16, 2018

Published by Chloe Boyle on October 16, 2018

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The Google+ data breach: From “Don’t be evil” to “Shhh… Don’t tell anyone”

Whatever happened to our darling Google? The company that once had the motto “Don’t be evil” seems to have changed it to “Shhh… Don’t tell anyone.” […]