New Data Protection Act Would Regulate COVID-19 Tracing Apps

The act would require “affirmative express consent” for transferring any health, location and proximity data, and allow individuals to opt out of data collection.

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DoD Issues Guidelines to Protect PHI During Pandemic

The U.S. Department of Defense is urging military medical treatment facilities to protect controlled unclassified data, like patient health information and personally identifiable information.

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Resources, Budget Remain An Issue for DPOs

In a recent survey, data protection officers cited a lack of budget and cohesion across all business units when it comes to developing an organization-wide data protection and privacy strategy as some of the role's top challenges.

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Apple to Patch iOS Mail Zero Day

Apple said this week that it will fix two vulnerabilities affecting iOS 6 through 13.4.1 that could let an attacker leak, modify, and delete user email.

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FBI Details COVID-19 Phishing Attacks on Healthcare Industry

The FBI, which has been urging vigilance around COVID-19 themed phishing attacks, this week gave indicators of compromise and hashes to aid admins in the fight.

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Adopting Accountability in Data Protection Post COVID-19

Can the gap between socially responsible collective action and privacy be bridged? A new report outlines a series of measures for the public and private sector to take in order to demonstrate accountability while delivering privacy protection in a pandemic.

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Now That The SHIELD Act Is In Effect, Does Your Company Comply?

The data security requirements of New York's Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act, or SHIELD Act, went into effect last month.

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Zoom’s Privacy Problems Snowball as Two Zero Days Uncovered

Amid increased scrutiny from researchers and privacy activists, two new zero days in the teleconferencing app surfaced on Wednesday.

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FBI Urges Vigiliance Around COVID-19 Scams, Malware

It’s been difficult keeping track of all the scams leveraging the COVID-19 pandemic to steal your money or your personal information. Now, the FBI is warning of increased attacks that target the supply chain and the healthcare industry in addition to “Zoom-bombing” style attacks.

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Data Protection Authorities Issue Guidance on Processing COVID-19 Data

Data protection authorities around the world are reiterating that in most scenarios, data protection laws do not stand in the way of the provision of healthcare and the management of public health issues.

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