Data breach can happen to anyone - it's how you deal with a data breach that matters. Here are few helpful tips from GDPR-MEDIA how to handle a data breach.
Data breaches happen every day. Remember LinkedIn data breach in 2012? Millions of users got their credentials hacked and shared online. The LinkedIn breach triggered a $5 million class-action lawsuit. What about Marriot in 2018.? 500 million (you can read that number once again) hotel guests were impacted. Maybe EasyJet in May 2020?
Uber discovered the breach of personal information belonging to more than 57 million customers and drivers in late 2016. Uber’s leadership decided to keep quiet and didn’t report the incident to the authorities. Instead, they opted to pay the cyber-criminals $100,000 in exchange for their silence. The breach was finally reported in November 2017.
Result? In 2018, Uber agreed to a $148 million fine as part of a settlement and criminal complaint was filed against former Uber CSO Joe Sullivan.
It’s how you handle a data breach that matters a lot. Even if you are facing a class-action lawsuit proper handling of a data breach can significantly affect the court ruling.
That's why we decided to publish few helpful tips to help you deal with data breach. You can also use it as a training material or a part of awareness campaign in you company.
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