by CDO Review Staff | Aug 27, 2021 | Chief Data Officer, Data Privacy & Security
A U.S. technology firm has sued Chinese giant Huawei for allegedly stealing its trade secrets and covertly collecting other sensitive information via a “data backdoor”. The suit comes after the two firms worked together on a project for the Pakistani...
by CDO Review Staff | Aug 26, 2021 | Chief Data Officer, Data Privacy & Security
The healthcare industry was the victim of 8,000 data breaches in 2020, a 51% uptick over 2019, according to a new report from digital security firm Constella. Constella writes: Key Findings From 2020 Include: Nearly 60% of the data breaches analyzed exposed some form...
by CDO Review Staff | Aug 26, 2021 | Chief Data Officer, Data Privacy & Security
A ransomware attack on the University Medical Center Southern Nevada has compromised the data of 1.3 million patients, although hospital officials say electronic health records were not compromised. From HealthcareITNews: The organization said in a statement that the...
by CDO Review Staff | Aug 17, 2021 | Data Privacy & Security
Plaid, a fintech firm that provides the software underpinning financial apps like Venmo, last week settled a class action lawsuit for $58 million. From Jurist: Plaid Inc agreed to settle a class action lawsuit for $58 million on Thursday after six months of...
by CDO Review Staff | Aug 17, 2021 | Data Privacy & Security
Dozens of Google employees have been fired since 2018 for misuse of company data, including user and employee data. From Vice: Google fired dozens of employees between 2018 and 2020 for abusing their access to the company’s tools or data, with some workers...
by CDO Review Staff | Aug 17, 2021 | Chief Data Officer, Data Privacy & Security
Is California’s landmark 2018 privacy law working? It’s hard to tell, in part because the messy data it has produced. The law makes businesses disclose what personal data they have on any citizen who wants to know. The firms must also delete such data upon...
