Providing leading mental health researchers with secure access to anonymised. Lifeline supports people in their toughest moments. With its crisis support line taking a call every 30 seconds, it strives to ensure that no-one faces their most difficult times alone. The Australian non-profit service provides round-the-clock access to trained volunteers…
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Average total cost of a data breach increased by nearly 10 per cent year over year. Data breaches now cost surveyed companies USUS$4.24 million per incident on average – the highest cost in the 17-year history of IBM’s annual Cost of a Data Breach Report. Based on in-depth analysis of real-world data…
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By Loo Siew Yee assistant MD (Policy, Payments & Financial Crime) at MAS. Technology can be a powerful enabler in the fight against money laundering. The right solutions support financial institutions, and I will refer to them as FIs, to more sharply and quickly detect higher risk customers and activities,…
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Reporting of personal information from Waikato DHB breach. Privacy Commissioner John Edwards is very concerned about RNZ’s reporting of personal information which was taken from documents leaked online following the Waikato District Health Boards’ cyberattack. “This reporting would appear to raise quite significant ethical questions, and I would be concerned…
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Trends in number of government data incidents reported. The Smart Nation and Digital Government Office (SNDGO) has published the second update on the Government’s personal data protection efforts. This annual update is a key recommendation made by the Public Sector Data Security Review Committee (PSDSRC) in November 2019, to enhance…
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Singapore charity’s website was hacked The Personal Data Protection Commission (the “Commission”) received a data breach notification on 11 April 2020 from Thye Hua Kwan Moral Charities Limited (“THKMC”), after THKMC discovered that its website was hacked. Investigations revealed that malicious actors had gained access to the web content management…
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Demonstrating accountable data protection practices. Singapore-based insurance company, Great Eastern Life has backed its digitalisation strategy with the Data Protection Trustmark (DPTM) and APEC Cross Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) certifications. The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) Data Protection Trustmark (DPTM) is a voluntary enterprise-wide certification that recognises organisations with accountable data…
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The organisation failed to put in place reasonable measures to protect personal data on its database servers. The Personal Data Commission (PDC) in Singapore has imposed a penalty of S$25000 on Singapore-based digital design company – Webcada. According to the PDC the organisation failed to put in place reasonable measures…
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The pandemic boosts digital economy but data protection must take priority for businesses. The Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) Singapore wants to help businesses use data responsibly to grow businesses, compete well, and to develop new products and services. The PDPC was amended to do just that. As of February…
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Building maximum data privacy resilience by encouraging full accountability, compliance, and ethics. National Privacy Commission of Phillipines is set to impose administrative fines on data privacy violations of personal information controllers or processors from the private sector. A separate initiative for government agencies is also underway with the NPC holding…
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