Gloucestershire Police fined £80,000 for identifying abuse victims in bulk email
Gloucestershire Police has been fined £80,000 under the Data Protection Act 1998 after sending a bulk email (an update on an abuse allegation case) to…
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Dixons Carphone breach compromises data of nearly 6 million customers
The ICO confirmed that it is investigating the incident reported by Dixons Carphone relating to the breach of nearly 6 million customer’s data. The breach…
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Yahoo UK Services fined £250,000 for compromising British citizens’ data
The ICO has taken the decision to fine Yahoo UK Services £250,000 for the data breach following a cyber attack in November 2014. The maximum…
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US Navy hacked, what can organisations learn from this…
Hackers thought to be from the Ministry of State Security (MSS) division in Guangdong, linked to the Chinese government, have stolen over 614GB of sensitive…
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ePrivacy, the next big regulation change
Just as many thought they had EU data protection sorted, were accepting of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and making steady progress to GDPR…
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CloudPets is not the only hackable toy, read this before giving a child any…
In the news… It has recently been reported that retailers are pulling smart toy brand CloudPets from sale due to the cybersecurity threats they pose.…
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HR software company, PageUp, informs UK’s ICO of suspected data breach
Australian company PageUp has announced a suspected data breach, potentially putting the personal details of thousands at risk. In February this year, Australia brought in mandatory data…
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MyHeritage breach exposes account details of 92million users
MyHeritage, a global company offering ancestry and DNA testing services to 95 million users across 196 countries has confirmed the breach of its MyHeritage site.…
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Mounting privacy concerns: Facebook shares user data with 60 device partners
Facebook denies any breach has occurred Facebook is rejecting claims that it has breached privacy pledges made to its users and US regulator, Federal Trade…
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Canadian banks hacked…what can consumers do in such a situation
You see it in the headlines (like this) when it happens to someone else, or in this case 90,000 other people. You never think it…