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 […]
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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 […]
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+ […]