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https://www.cp24.com/news/did-you-give-birth-between-2010-and-2023-in-ontario-your-personal-health-information-was-likely-impacted-by-a-data-breach-1.6576525
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An Ontario government agency that manages data about pregnancy and newborn children in the province says the personal health information of about 3.4 million people was impacted by a data breach. The Better Outcomes Registry & Network (BORN) said in an update on Monday that the May 31 cybersecurity incident was linked to the global privacy breach of the file transfer system MoveIt - the same software that exposed the personal information of some 100,000 Nova Scotians last spring.
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https://www.westernjournal.com/nikki-haley-goes-off-ramaswamy-defends-tiktok-debate-cant-trust/
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The stage got quite heated during Wednesday night's GOP presidential primary debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.
Two candidates had a particularly notable face-off: Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador, versus...
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https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/10/31/todays-public-health-emergency-restoring-trust-in-7-steps/
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After Media Bouquets for Pelosi, Predictable Brickbats for Johnson How Israel Defense Forces Strive to Exceed Requirements of Law of Armed Conflict Black Hebrew Israelites, Pro-Palestine Groups Clash in Chicago Today's Public Health Emergency: Restoring Trust in 7 Steps Why Is Google Protecting Harvard Defenders of Hamas Terrorism?
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https://theconversation.com/three-parties-two-deals-one-government-the-stress-points-within-new-zealands-coalition-of-many-colours-217673
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It might have taken six weeks to decide the shape of New Zealand's next government (or three if you count from the final results), but in the end that is the nature of proportional representation. Compromise, trade-offs and haggling are the price of an MMP electoral system designed to avoid single-party rule.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/human-rights-commission-racism-1.7058616?cmp=rss
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Canada's human rights system faces a "crisis of confidence" after racialized employees blew the whistle on anti-Black racism at the Canadian Human Rights Commission, a Senate committee warns.The standing Senate committee on human rights is calling on the federal government to commission an...
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https://www.madridmetropolitan.com/government-formation-in-doubt-as-catalan-separatists-up-the-ate/
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It is now more than ninety days since Spain went to the polls, yet the country is still without a new government. The intervening three months has seen endless rhetoric, performative outrage, bitter recrimination, pro-independence and anti-amnesty demonstrations, but little in the way of substantive progress towards forming a new administration.
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https://www.businessofapps.com/news/ftc-and-ocr-raise-caution-over-privacy-concerns-in-mobile-health-apps/
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Amid growing concerns about data privacy and security in the healthcare app sector, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the US Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights (OCR) have taken a proactive step to address potential risks. In a , they have reached out to nearly 130 hospitals and health-app developers to caution them about the use of online tracking technologies.
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https://iabtechlab.com/blog/iab-tech-lab-accelerates-privacy-taxonomy-project-with-fides-language-product-donation/
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In a significant stride towards advancing privacy in the digital advertising industry, the IAB Tech Lab received a generous donation from Ethyca. Ethyca's Fides Language (Fideslang) product at the heart of this donation will help accelerate defining privacy standards within the ad tech industry. Tech Lab has expressed enthusiasm for this valuable contribution, recognizing the transformative potential Fideslang brings to the ecosystem.
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https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/proposed-state-privacy-law-update-april-3909484/
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Below is the tenth weekly update on the status of proposed state privacy legislation in 2024. What's New? The big news last week was the Kentucky legislature passing HB 15 on March 27. The bill now heads to the Kentucky Governor. Assuming the bill becomes law, Kentucky will become the fifteenth state to enact consumer data privacy legislation.
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https://www.benzinga.com/news/23/10/35459647/citigroups-push-into-generative-ai-signals-tech-driven-future-for-banking
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Citigroup Inc C looks to provide most of its 40,000 coders access to generative artificial intelligence (AI). Also Read: Morgan Stanley's AI Assistant Faces Criticism Amid High ExpectationsPreviously, as part of a pilot initiative, the multinational investment bank had discreetly permitted around...
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https://www.marketingdive.com/news/privacy-landscape-increasingly-complex-pixels-what-numbers-say/712387/
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Digital privacy efforts continue to fall short of fully protecting consumers and marketers, especially as tracking becomes more sophisticated. While cookies have been a key part of the conversation in recent months, other tracking tools such as pixels can't be overlooked by marketers feeling the pressure to make their websites more secure, per a recent report from privacy software company .
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https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/government-plans-for-return-of-ukrainian-refugees/48848968
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The Swiss government on Friday "took note" of a provisional plan for the departure of Ukrainian refugees with protected "S" status, but has not taken any specific decision on lifting this status.
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Countries agree that it’s time to create updated rules on how nations and institutions should conduct space activities.
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https://startups.co.uk/news/spring-budget-business-demands/
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One last roll of the dice before the coming election? All eyes are on Jeremy Hunt this week, as the Chancellor of the Exchequer reveals his Spring Budget announcements in an attempt to woo voters in a crucial election year. With a national insurance cut catching attention, the expected tax...
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https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/dubai-international-financial-centre-2815667/
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On Aug. the Commissioner of Data Protection of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) issued an "Assessment of California's Data Protection Regime as Substantially Equivalent and Low Risk" (the Decision) establishing the equivalence of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) with the DIFC Data Protection Law.
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https://www.charitytimes.com/ct/BBC-editor-turned-charity-chief-to-move-on.php
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David Martin, the chief executive of the Multiple Sclerosis Trust (MS Trust), has announced that he is to retire early next year. He is to leave after six years at the charity. During this time, he led the MS Trust through the Covid pandemic when advice for people living with MS "skyrocketed" and fundraising ceased, according to the charity.
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https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/winning-trust-on-jharkhands-political-storm/article67821944.ece
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By nominating Champai Soren to the position of Chief Minister and ensuring a convincing win in the trust vote, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and its allies, the Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal, did well to weather the storm after the resignation of Hemant Soren over corruption charges. The predominantly tribal populated Jharkhand remains one of just a few States that have not been wrested by the Bharatiya Janata Party ever since the beginning of what political scientists call the era of the BJP-dominated party system in northern India.
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https://theconversation.com/covid-19-vaccine-mandates-have-come-and-mostly-gone-in-the-us-an-ethicist-explains-why-their-messy-rollout-matters-for-trust-in-public-health-206389
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Ending pandemics is a social decision, not scientific. Governments and organizations rely on social, cultural and political considerations to decide when to officially declare the end of a pandemic. Ideally, leaders try to minimize the social, economic and public health burden of removing emergency restrictions while maximizing potential benefits.
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https://newsthump.com/2024/01/23/avoid-cocaine-and-stick-to-using-slow-killing-taxable-drugs-like-tobacco-and-alcohol-warns-government/
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Cocaine can not be considered a 'safe party drug' until the deaths it apparently causes are no longer sudden, but are instead long, drawn out painful affairs like those suffered due to alcohol and tobacco.A recent European survey has shown that the myth of cocaine as a "safe party drug" must be...
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https://www.westernjournal.com/foreign-country-bans-smartmatic-voting-machines-firm-safeguard-integrity-elections/
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The Philippine Commission on Elections has banned Smartmatic Philippines Inc. from the nation's elections, ending 13 years of the company being the main provider of election technology to the nation.
The decision revolved around allegations of bribery that claim commission chairman Andres...
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https://kashmirreader.com/2023/10/04/tips-for-a-successful-exam-season-from-time-management-to-mindful-studying/
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I am currently pursuing my BA from Government Degree College Sogam in north Kashmir's Kupwara district and I'm in my 5th semester. Our date sheet was recently issued by the University of Kashmir (KU) for semester-end exams (starting in mid-October). The exams are thus just around the corner, and...
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http://www.insidearm.com/news/00049464-california-takes-aggressive-approach-regu/
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The Delete Act (SB 362), signed into law by California Gov. Gavin Newsom on October 10, 2023 imposes additional disclosure and registration requirements on data brokers. It requires data brokers to support deletion requests through a central "deletion mechanism" managed by the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA).