Data

Online service providers that make access to services conditional on the processing of personal data cannot automatically assume that the processing of the data is necessary for the performance of a contract.

https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/analysis/guidance-on-data-processing-issued-for-online-service-providers

VPN provider insists no user data was compromised in a March 2018 server breach, and says its datacentre provider failed to inform it of the issue

British Airways and others could have saved themselves millions of pounds’ worth of fines by having ethical hackers check their systems for simple vulnerabilities

Data analytics is becoming increasingly scalable, sophisticated and accessible aided by cloud infrastructure, but challenges remain in data quality and building the right culture

https://www.raconteur.net/technology/future-data-analytics

A new investigation suggests customers’ accounts are being hacked and sold off online

https://london.eater.com/2019/10/14/20913303/deliveroo-hacking-passwords-food-deliveries-dark-web?utm_campaign=london.eater&utm_content=entry&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

Imperva CTO Kunal Anand posted updated information regarding the recent breach affecting Cloud WAF customers and admitted poor security controls led to the compromise.

https://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/news/252472293/Imperva-breach-update-puts-blame-on-exposed-AWS-API-keys

Under EU data protection law data subjects can ask search engines to de-reference, or delist, results relating to them in certain circumstances. When agreeing to such a request, however, search engines are not required to delist results from results displayed to all their users across the world, the EU's highest court has ruled.

https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/search-engine-duties-under-eu-data-protection-laws-clarified

BT's data governance director Horia Selegean outlines how the British telco used the looming GDPR regulation to boost its big data capabilities

Security teams have plenty of tools at their disposal to help their organizations achieve and maintain S3 bucket security. Learn about the threats and best practices to stay safe.

A growing number of data-driven initiatives, alongside heightened demand for security in governance, data management and compliance, has led to the rise of a more holistic approach – integrated risk management

https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Data-management-strategies-are-evolving-so-must-enterprises