Switzerland's National Cyber Security Centre observed an increase in cyber incidents in 2024, with an incident reported to the agency every 8.5 minutes. The NCSC said 34,789 cybersecurity incidents were reported in the first half of 2024, almost doubling the agency's report from the first half of 2023. The majority of reported cases were due to fraud and phishing attempts.Full story
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner published guidance to ensure consumers' personal information is not shared by businesses while responding to consumers' negative reviews online. The OAIC said, under Australian Privacy Principle 6, organizations that obtain "personal information for a particular purpose cannot use or disclose that information for another purpose" without consent. Full story
The Washington Post reports on the discussions at the U.S. Supreme Court over whether Meta's Facebook should have disclosed to investors the details of its massive data privacy breach involving Cambridge Analytica.
Norway released its National Digitalization Strategy 2024-2030 that aims to accelerate innovation while strengthening privacy standards and securing its digital infrastructure.
The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity is asking stakeholders to provide comments on the NIS2 Implementing Act technical guidance, which is meant to help member states and entities comply with the cybersecurity requirements. The consultation is open until 9 Dec.Full story
Hundreds of privacy regulators, civil society, industry and academia representatives gathered in Jersey last week for the 46th annual Global Privacy Assembly.
Data protection authorities in African nations are positioned to play a key regulatory role as various entities throughout the continent begin to integrate AI technology into their operations.
The EU Cyber Resilience Act will require organizations to ensure digital products within the marketplace have fewer vulnerabilities.
After months of uncertainty from a tight 2024 U.S. presidential and congressional election, the results help begin to paint a clearer picture of expectations for digital policy in 2025 and beyond. Though many questions remain, a Republican mandate in the White House and Senate — and potentially the House of Representatives — could bring a sea change in executive policy and regulation in the digital space.
The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office called for genomic technology developers to adhere to privacy-by-design standards and join its regulatory sandbox after publishing a report examining the data security and bias challenges associated with the technology.