Three Key Takeaways From the Newly Adopted EU-US Data Privacy Framework You Need To Know

On July 10th, the EU Commission adopted anadequacy decision for the proposed EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. This is exciting news for organizations, as many have been stuck in privacy ...
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GDPR Compliance Scams Rising

Organizations need to be on the lookout for GDPR-themed phishing lures, according to Mike Puglia, Chief Product Officer at Kaseya. In an article for ITProPortal, Puglia explains that GDPR ...
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British Airways Hit With Record $229 Million GDPR Fine Following 2018 Data Breach

U.K.-based airline British Airways (BA) is facing a record fine of £183 million ($229 million) after suffering a cyberattack in September last year. The U.K. Information Commissioner’s ...
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U.K. Court Finds Employee Actions Constitute “Vicarious Liability”, despite meeting GDPR Requirements

The latest developments in the lawsuit against UK supermarket chain Morrisons may dictate the future of employers being held responsible for employee actions.
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Scaring People with GDPR

Criminals are taking advantage of misunderstandings surrounding the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to exploit gullible employees and organizations, according ...
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Consumer Privacy: California Follows in the Footsteps of GDPR

The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (AB 375) takes effect on January 1, 2020 and will be the most exacting data privacy policy in the United States. Similar to the European ...
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It's May 25th, 2018: GDPR DAY! Here Are Phishing Templates You Can Use...

Because it is "GDPR day" our templates team has been hard at work developing GDPR/Privacy policy templates. We have 6 new templates available in the system, located in Current Events. We ...
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Lawyer: GDPR Will Affect Ransomware Reporting In U.S.

The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation will affect how U.S. companies deal with the rising threat of ransomware attacks, according to a leading privacy lawyer, by ...
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Scam Of The Week: GDPR Phishing Attack With Apple Flavor / Royal Wedding

Social engineering follows seasonal patterns. It's also connected to major events. We see this every year with holiday-themed phishing attacks between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day.
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Scam Of The Week: Phishing Attack Uses GDPR As Bait

Attackers know that companies are sending a lot of emails to customers about GDPR—and that makes them prime opportunity for phishing attacks. With the looming GDPR May 25 deadline almost ...
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[Heads-up] The May 2018 GDPR Deadline May Fuel New Extortion Attempts

Trend Micro has released its annual security roundup, and it shows several interesting trends that will likely continue into 2018. There is bad news and worse news, with a little bit of ...
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Which EU 2018 Directive Is More Important Than GDPR?

If you have sales offices in Europe, or full subsidiaries, you need to be aware of the NIS directive. Peter Dekker at Enisa warned about the following: During 2017, the GDPR buzz reached ...
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URGENT - If IT and Marketing are not freaking out about GDPR compliance, you are not paying attention

I found an article about GDPR compliance written by the fine folks of HubSpot, which we use ourselves here at KnowBe4 use for marketing automation. We have customers in Europe, so our ...
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We're Still Not Ready for GDPR? What is Wrong With Us?

Sara Peters, Senior Editor at Darkreading wrote an excellent article about GDPR. It is both reprimanding and encouraging to get off our collective butts and do something about GDPR very ...
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