Code≠Law: The race to regulate
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08 November 2017
The GDPR: Practical European Guidance on personal data breach notification requirements
The GDPR introduces a new mandatory requirement for all controllers to notify the appropriate data protection authority of a “personal data breach” …
08 November 2017
Morrisons – the first successful class action in the UK for data breach
On 1 December 2017, the High Court handed down its judgment on the UK's first class action arising from a data breach (Various Claimants v Morrisons). …
08 July 2017
Google DeepMind trial failed to comply with data protection law
On 3 July 2017 the Information Commissioner's Office ("ICO") determined that the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust (the "Trust") had breached the Data …
17 June 2017
WannaCry: A chance to test systems and raise awareness at a global level?
In one of the most dramatic and widespread cyber attacks to date, on Friday 12 May 2017, a worldwide ransomware attack known as "WannaCrypt" or …
17 June 2017
UK's cyber security breaches survey and Verizon's data breach report suggest progress – but more to do
April 2017 welcomed two insightful publications on the current cyber security landscape. The UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport's annual Cyber …
17 June 2017
New Mirai based malware variants – BrickerBot and a Bitcoin miner
The Mirai malware gained its infamy in October 2016 following its record breaking attack on systems operated by domain name system provider Dyn, using …
13 April 2017
One step closer to Australian data breach class actions
The Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Act 2016 (Cth), which received assent on 22 February 2017, proposes a number of amendments to …
13 February 2017
New mandatory data breach reporting law passed
The Federal Government has today passed the Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Act 2016 to amend the Privacy Act 1988 to include …
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