‘Stalkerware’ Website Let Anyone Intercept Texts of Tens of Thousands of People
A hacker exposes the awful security of two companies that sell spyware for consumers. By simply viewing the HTML of […]
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CNIL Publishes Statistical Review of Data Breaches Since GDPR
Recently, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) published a statistical review of personal data breaches during the first four […]
Lloyd v Google – putting the brakes on English data breach litigation?
A judgment handed down today by the English High Court will be welcomed by UK data controllers. Lloyd v Google […]
Vicarious liability in the data breach context – bad news for UK employers?
The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision of the High Court holding that an employer can be vicariously liable […]
Amazon fires employee for allegedly sharing customer email addresses
An Amazon employee was fired after sharing customers’ email addresses with an unnamed third-party seller, in violation of company policies. Amazon […]
Data breaches impacts share prices
Data has been dubbed the “new oil” by many market commentators, who describe how it has become the world’s most […]
Data breaches impacts share prices
Data has been dubbed the “new oil” by many market commentators, who describe how it has become the world’s most […]
Yahoo agrees to $50M settlement package for users hit by massive security breach
One of the largest consumer internet hacks has bred one of the largest class action settlements after Yahoo agreed to […]
Facebook fined £500,000 for Cambridge Analytica scandal
Facebook has been fined £500,000 by the UK’s data protection watchdog for its role in the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. The […]
Morrisons data leak ‘a wake-up call for business’
In 2014, bank, salary and National Insurance details of almost 100,000 members of staff were posted on the internet and […]
Do you know your data breach response?
Insurance is something you buy but hope you never need. In the event of an incident, you want to have […]
Regulator in Ireland asks for more knowledge on Google+ data breach
The Irish Data Protection Commission (IDPC) is to ask Google for more details regarding a bug which led to the […]