Page 6 - Data Privacy Week News Today

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami said that the market value of Nigeria Data Protection Bureau (NDPB) in Nigeria has hit N5.5 billion.

This year’s Data Privacy Week drew attention to the increasing role that cybersecurity is playing for government. Public agencies are responding via new hiring but still face big challenges.

The return of Data Privacy Week sees momentum continue for scrutiny on how data is collected, used, and controlled as regulators and the public sharpen their focus.

Home Depot is in hot water, with its Canadian division sharing customer data with Meta without the proper consent.

Over 800,000 victims in a hack, Dutch hacker allegedly pedaled data of everyone in Austria and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It's Friday, January 27th, 2023. I'm Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. A Chicago company called Zacks Investment Research is notifying 820,000 customers that their information

Data Privacy Week should be a time when IT and business leaders discuss how to support the inclusion of privacy engineering in their products, services, and solutions, says the chief data and trust officer at one of Canada's biggest telecommunications providers. "Today, corporations and governments are faced with a real challenge: Earning the trust of

The trail of data you leave behind whenever you're online is bigger – and more revealing – than you may realize.

Many boards don’t make put privacy as one of their organization’s priorities, a survey of professionals suggests. According to the annual state of privacy survey of members of ISACA (formerly known as the Information Systems Audit and Control Association) — released in conjunction with Data Privacy Week — 22 per cent feel their boards don’t

The Canadian division of Home Depot didn’t get customers’ consent before sharing details of customers’ e-receipts – including encoded email addresses and in-store purchase information – with Facebook parent Meta Platforms, says Canada’s privacy commissioner. In a report released Thursday, Commissioner Philippe Dufresne said Home Depot of Canada confirmed that the data was shipped without

Many boards don't make put privacy as one of their organization's priorities, a survey of professionals suggests. According to the annual state of privacy survey of members of ISACA (formerly known as the Information Systems Audit and Control Association) -- released in conjunction with Data Privacy Week -- 22 per cent feel their boards don't