Carphone Warehouse fined for ‘striking’ number of failures that led to data breach
Information Commissioner’s Office fines company £400,000 for ‘concerning’ security issues following investigation of hack of 3m customers’ data. Source: Carphone […]
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UK is a 3rd country for data transfers from 30 March 2019
In a notice issued yesterday, the EU Commission makes clear that ‘in view of the considerable uncertainties, in particular concerning […]
Fines under GDPR wait for businesses that fail to fix known security flaws now, says UK watchdog
Data breaches that arise after new EU data protection laws take effect but which stem from security flaws that were […]
UK’s Data protection bill amended to protect security researchers
The government is to amend the data protection bill to protect security researchers who work to uncover abuses of personal […]
New Year resolution: “I will collect details of transfers from the European Union into the UK and vice-versa”
Mrs May, at the last Prime Minister’s Questions before the Xmas recess, said in response to a question from a […]
Hacked and hacked off: without change this new data law will fail victims
The data protection bill must be amended so independent organisations acting in the public interest can help consumers to get […]
2018 global legislative predictions in privacy
Taking a look at the activities of 2017, it’s clear that the coming year will see lots of movement on […]
Insurance firm and two senior figures handed record data breach fines
An insurance firm and two senior figures connected with the company have been given record fines for using private detectives […]
ICO seeks comment on draft Children and GDPR guidance
Children today are truly digital natives. With that in mind, we need to ensure that they have the tools to […]
UK: GDPR and the Public Sector
The Crown Commercial Service has this week published a Procurement Policy Note explaining how upcoming changes under the General Data […]
UK’s DPA seeks comment on draft Children and GDPR guidance
Fairness, transparency and accountability are essential for all data processing, but this is especially relevant when children are accessing online […]
Tech giants face tough curbs to protect teenagers’ privacy
Tech firms could be subjected to tough new regulations to prevent teenagers being bombarded by targeted advertising and endless notifications, […]