Privacy breach stories - Page 2

32% of UK security decision-makers surveyed reported their organization to the ICO for a data breach, according to Apricorn's annual research.

Despite concerns Applause global survey reveals that 79% of respondents actively use generative AI services, with ChatGPT being the most popular.

Archives NZ is making its online search tool available to all users again, after a shutdown caused by restricted record titles mistakenly being made public.

A digital security breach allowed personal details about most University of Otago students to be viewable to others.

Privacy Commissioner John Edwards named preferred candidate for UK Information Commissioner, pending UK Parliament's decision.

It was Privacy Awareness Week recently. But one week in May every year isn’t cutting it: privacy needs to be a year-round focus.

Barely four months since the Privacy Act 2020 came into force, early indications appear to suggest that mandatory breach reporting regulations are working.

Organisations should monitor all file, app, user and web activity with comprehensive activity logs to uncover the whereabouts of consumers’ data.

8.4 billion documents were leaked in the first three months of 2020, smashing records and setting a sombre tone for the year.

New research shows that nearly 40% of companies worldwide feel threatened by cyber incidents, making it the top business risk in 2020.

Nearly half of second-hand storage devices still contain sensitive personal data, a Blancco and Ontrack study reveals, highlighting data erasure failures.

Auckland firm Data Insight launches a toolkit to safeguard customer and employee data amidst evolving privacy laws and global regulatory scrutiny.

Google fined EUR €50 million by France's CNIL for GDPR breaches, marking the first major enforcement under the EU's stringent data privacy law.

ANZ tech leaders grapple with IT staffing shortages, security breaches, and strategic disconnects, a new ISACA survey reveals.