UK regulator fines hotel group millions over data leak
The Marriott hotel group has received a massive fine of £18.4m from UK data regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), over a data breach that
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ICO fines Uber £385,000 for failing to protect data of 2.7 million UK customers
The breach In October 2016 a massive breach affecting 57 million Uber customers and drivers was discovered by the company, but instead of acknowledging the…
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ICO fines Equifax £500,000 for failing to protect customers’ data
A year on from the disclosure of one of the world’s worst data breaches, the Equifax data breach that impacted 146 million customers globally, the…
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Telefonica leaks millions of customers’ personal information
Spain’s Telefonica, one of the largest telecommunications providers, delivering services to over 20 countries has experienced a security breach potentially leaking millions of its customers…
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Facebook quiz app leaks data of 120 million users
While people are still trying to come to terms with the recent Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook and its quiz apps are at it again! Another…
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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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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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The University of Greenwich fined £120,000 for serious data breach
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined the University of Greenwich £120,000 for a serious security breach. The personal data including names, addresses, dates of…
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Carphone Warehouse issued with massive fine for data breach
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued Carphone Warehouse with a £400000 fine- one of the largest fines to date. In 2015 Carphone Warehouse had…
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Health Care Outlets Heavily Fined after 6800 Patient Records are Leaked
With only a personal server maintaining the privacy of records, a mistake by a physician, when he mistakenly switched it off, has led to the…