Friday, October 09, 2020

A missing area of governance?

https://www.databreaches.net/office-of-the-comptroller-of-the-currency-fines-morgan-stanley-60-million-for-2016-data-breach/

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency fines Morgan Stanley $60 million for 2016 data breach

Brendan Pedersen reports:

Morgan Stanley was slapped with a $60 million fine by regulators Thursday for risk management problems tied to a 2016 data breach.

The consent order by the Comptroller of the Currency cited failures at both Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., and Morgan Stanley Private Bank, N.A. related to the shutdown of two wealth management data centers and the company’s use of third-party vendors to help with the closures.

The OCC found that the bank did not take proper precautions in dismantling and disposing of outgoing hardware that contained sensitive customer data and failed to properly supervise the vendors Morgan Stanley tasked with wiping customer data from the old equipment before it was resold.

Read more on American Banker.





Like a reverse location warrant, but global?

https://www.bespacific.com/google-is-giving-data-to-police-based-on-search-keywords/

Google is giving data to police based on search keywords

Cnet – Court records in an arson case show that Google gave away data on people who searched for a specific address. “There are few things as revealing as a person’s search history, and police typically need a warrant on a known suspect to demand that sensitive information. But a recently unsealed court document found that investigators can request such data in reverse order by asking Google to disclose everyone who searched a keyword rather than for information on a known suspect…”





Another example the US will simply ignore…

https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/109198/laws-and-regulations/indonesia-personal-data-protection-law.html?web_view=true

Indonesia Soon to Become the Fifth ASEAN Country to Adapt Data Privacy Laws

Earlier this year, Indonesia joined the ranks with the first four ASEAN countries including Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines and Thailand to have enacted laws relating to personal data protection.

On January 28th, Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Information Technology announced that the final draft for the Personal Data Protection Act has been submitted to the president of Indonesia.





In case I want to start a bank?

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/80303/seven-central-banks-bis-publish-report-on-digital-currency

Seven central banks and BIS publish report on digital currency, detailing how it should be designed

The 26-page report, published Friday, outlines “foundational principles and core features” of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). The report has been compiled by seven central banks — by the Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, the European Central Bank, the Federal Reserve, Sveriges Riksbank, and the Swiss National Bank — and the BIS.





Tools. Because you’ll need local news to find out where the zombies are…

https://www.makeuseof.com/apps-stream-local-news-for-free/

8 Apps Which Let You Stream Local News for Free

If you have cut the cord, accessing local news through your TV can be complicated. The good news is you don't need a costly cable package to stay on top of what's happening in your neighborhood.



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