734/5000 The risks of IT failure in hospitals must be better identified. For the provision of good care, hospitals are increasingly dependent on the proper functioning of the ICT to prevent unsafe situations for the patient. This is evident from the report “Patient safety in the event of IT failure in hospitals”. The Council provides […]
Backup with hundreds of thousands of customer data Allianz stolen. The stolen data of 260,000 Dutch customers was stored in a safe at an external location. Read more on this topic at: https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2019/09/20/back-up-met-gegevens-honderdduizenden-klanten-allianz-gestolen-a3974055
The semi-annual report of the Durch DPA shows that for the year as a whole, approximately 24,000 data breach reports are expected to be received, or an increase of 14 percent compared to 2018. Most reports came from k 31 percent. The financial sector (20 percent) and public administration (19 percent) followed in terms of […]
The UWV benefits agency must pay an employee 250 euros in compensation because it wrongly shared information with the employee’s new employer about her previous burnout. This is in violation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), according to the Amsterdam court. Read more about this: https://rechtennieuws.nl/59884/uwv-moet-250-euro-schadevergoeding-betalen-na-datalek/
For a long time it was possible to read the previous login details of the password manager LastPass by sending the user to a site with incorrect code. The researcher managed to retrieve the credentials of the previous site that someone had visited. Read more about this: https://www.pcmag.com/news/370778/lastpass-extension-bug-can-leak-passwords-to-malicious-websi
Companies are taking increasingly more measures to defend themselves against external cyber attacks. Medium-sized companies in particular are catching up with the introduction of authentication via software or hardware tokens. In addition, the number of ICT security incidents is decreasing due to an attack from outside. Statistics Netherlands reports this on the basis of the […]
An investigation by the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DDPA) showed that dozens of hospital employees had unnecessarily inspected the medical file of a well-known Dutch person. The AP imposes a fine of 460,000 euros on the Hagaziekenhuis for insufficient security. In terms of technical and organizational measures, the Hospital has taken insufficient security measures in […]
The Spanish police have rounded up a gang of internet crooks who have been active for several years and specialized in setting up online fake shops. These were often indistinguishable from the real thing, behind hundreds of checking accounts. A 23-year-old man is considered Spain’s biggest internet fraudster. His scam earned him around 300,000 euros […]
The GDPR causes uncertainty for many SMEs, associations and foundations because, due to complexity and vague standards in the law, in many cases it is not clear which data may be processed in which way. The government is requested to enter into consultation with the Dutch Data Protection Authority to ensure that the Dutch Data […]
‘Payment details provide a complete picture of someone’s life: what do you spend your money on, which associations are you a member of, who do you associate with, what patterns are visible?’ That is why the AP considers it important to point out the privacy rules to the banking sector and has sent a letter […]