What’s happened? LinkedIn is the latest victim of a massive data breach and data of over 500 million of its users has been scraped from the platform and posted online for sale. The dataset includesLinkedIn Data Breach

What’s happened? In what’s likely to be a goldmine for bad actors, personal information associated with approximately 533 million Facebook users worldwide has been leaked on a popular cybercrime forum for free—which was harvested byFacebook Data Breach

1.What is the LGPD Act passed by Brazil? Brazil recently enacted its omnibus law governing the use of personal data, the Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (LGPD), or General Law for the Protection ofLGPD : Brazil’s GDPR

While the burden of compliance is a motivating factor, start-ups are increasingly moving towards a minimalistic and responsible data lifecycle. Branding privacy as a feature gives the new companies an edge over their competitors byStart-ups and Data Privacy Compliance

Cybersecurity firm Qualys is the latest victim of a cyber attack, the company was likely hacked by threat actors that exploited a zero-day vulnerability in their Accellion FTA server. A set of cybercriminals belonging toQualys Data Breach

What is the Consumer Data Protection Act passed by Virginia? The CDPA draws its substance from existing Privacy Act and California Consumer Privacy Act. Who does it apply to? Entities which conduct business in VirginiaVirginia Consumer Data Protection Act