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 […]
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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 […]
Nearly half of enterprise brands believe they are at risk of a website data breach
Recent research has revealed that nearly half (46%) of enterprises believe they have a probable (or greater) risk of a […]
When big companies are hacked, should they have to disclose it immediately?
That old truism from the Watergate affair also applies to the scandals plaguing some of the world’s biggest tech companies. Google+ […]
How to check what Facebook hackers accessed in your account
Facebook set up a website that its 2 billion global users can use to check if their accounts have been […]
Facebook Says 14 Million Accounts Had Broad Array Of Personal Data Stolen
In an update on a recent security breach, Facebook says 30 million accounts were affected. For nearly half of those, […]
Data breaches compromised 4.5 billion records in first half of 2018
Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, today released the latest findings of the Breach Level Index , a global […]
Social Media poses biggest data breach threat
Following the amount of airtime devoted to scandals from Facebook / Cambridge Analytica to Google+, it may come as no […]
Data protection compensation claim fails to prove ‘damage’
Businesses that breach UK data protection law or misuse personal information are not automatically obliged to pay compensation to people […]