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Illinois residents who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 are complaining that their immunization records are missing from the state’s new online vaccination portal. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) launched the Vax Verify portal on August 11 to allow residents aged 18 and over to check their COVID-19 vaccination records. “As more businesses, events, organizations, and others require proof of vaccination, Illinois residents will be able to confirm using Vax Verify that they have been vaccinated for COVID-19,” said IDPH director…

Lawyer who specializes in data privacy discusses the importance of knowing the law no matter what size business you operate. TechRepublic’s Karen Roby spoke with Catherine Zhu, special counsel at Foley & Lardner, about the changing landscape of data privacy laws. The following is an edited transcript of their conversation. SEE: IT expense reimbursement policy (TechRepublic Premium) Karen Roby: When you talk about businesses and it comes to data privacy, where do you see businesses…

Lawyer discusses the evolving data privacy laws for businesses Length: 13:04 | Aug 17, 2021 Every size company should know the laws regarding data privacy to avoid legal issues. Here’s why it’s important. Source link

Hundreds of thousands of Indiana residents are being notified of a data breach involving responses collected via the Hoosier State’s COVID-19 online contact tracing survey. A software misconfiguration that left information exposed to the public was discovered by an unnamed vulnerability-hunting company. The company informed state officials of the breach on July 2 after they were able to access and download the data.  The breach was announced by state health officials on Tuesday. Information that was compromised in…

The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: China, Critical Infrastructure, Data Storage, LockBit, Morse Code, Ransomware, and Vulnerabilities. . The IOCs related to these stories are attached to Anomali Cyber Watch and can be used to check your logs for potential malicious activity. Figure 1 – IOC Summary Charts. These charts summarize the IOCs attached to this magazine and provide a glimpse of the threats…

People surveyed by KPMG reported feeling increasingly uneasy about the data collection practices of corporations. IMAGE: iStock/MaksimTkachenko Businesses place great value on the data they collect about their customers. Through this information, companies can send out targeted advertising, predict sales trends and improve their products. But consumers naturally see it differently. For a lot of people, data collection is an invasion of their privacy and a practice that can easily be abused, leading to mistrust…

  As small and medium businesses begin to re-open following the pandemic, it’s important to do so securely in order to protect customer’s payment card data. Too often, data breaches happen as a result of vulnerabilities that are entirely preventable. The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) has developed a set of payment protection resources for small businesses. In this 8-part back-to-basics series, we highlight payment security basics for protecting against payment data theft. Today’s…