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In February 2021, UpGuard researchers discovered that 51% of analyzed Fortune 500 companies were leaking information in the metadata of public documents hosted on their websites. This discovery is a window into a broader overlooked cyber threat category, increasing the risk of data breaches in the tech industry - data leaks. Data leaks (often confused with data breaches) help hackers compress the data breach attack pathway, increasing the speed, severity, and frequency of these events.

The upcoming Digital India Act (or Digital India Bill) is expected to be India’s newest legislation and legal framework for regulating the country’s online environment and digital data protection policies. The Digital India Act will fully replace the current Information Technology Act (IT Act) of 2000 by early 2023, which has faced criticisms for its outdated policies and inadequacies in dealing with modern-day technological issues.

The Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act (CIRCIA) of 2022 is a US federal law that requires all critical infrastructure entities to report any cybersecurity incidents or ransomware attacks to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) within a specified timeframe.

FERPA (the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) is a United States federal law protecting the privacy of student education records, more specifically governing access from public entities, such as employers, public schools, and foreign governments.