Canada’s Privacy Commissioner launches breach risk self-assessment tool for organizations

March 26, 2025 – Gatineau, Quebec Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne has launched a new online tool that will help businesses and federal institutions that experience a privacy breach to assess whether the breach is likely to create a rea… Continue reading Canada’s Privacy Commissioner launches breach risk self-assessment tool for organizations

The PIPC Sanctions Woori Card for Data Breaches, Imposing KRW 13.45 billion

The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) held its seventh plenary meeting of 2025 and reached a decision to sanction Woori Card Co., Ltd. (Woori Card) for data breaches on March 26, 2025. Administrative sanctions by the PIPC are as follows… Continue reading The PIPC Sanctions Woori Card for Data Breaches, Imposing KRW 13.45 billion

United States Unseals Charges Against Aubrey Cottle for Theft of Texas Republican Party Data

AUSTIN, Texas – The Department of Justice announced the unsealing of charges against Canadian national Aubrey Cottle, 37, of Oshawa, Ontario, in connection with the theft of data relating to the Texas Republican Party in 2021. Canadian authorities arre… Continue reading United States Unseals Charges Against Aubrey Cottle for Theft of Texas Republican Party Data