BA and Marriott to escape GDPR mega fines…for now
Those who predicted that British Airways and Marriott International might never have to pay the record fines – totalling £282m…
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Facebook staff rocked as HR data is snatched from car
Facebook’s insistence that user data is safe as houses does not appear to stretch to its own staff after the…
44 million Microsoft users still using dodgy passwords
Microsoft has revealed that 44 million of its users are still using passwords that have previously been compromised in data…
Vistaprint cock-up triggers online customer data leak
Vistaprint, the online printing giant, has admitted to a “unacceptable” breach of customer data after exposing the details of thousands…
Trend Micro hit as rogue staffer steals customer data
Cyber-security giant Trend Micro has been forced to admit that a rogue member of staff has stolen the personal data…
Morrisons in last ditch bid to stop data breach pay-out
Supermarket giant Morrisons is launching its final attempt to block the UK’s first data breach class action compensation pay-out today…
Uber hackers face jail after admitting to 2016 attack
Two hackers are facing the prospect of up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine after pleading guilty…
ICO settlement puts kibosh on Facebook compensation
Facebook’s settlement with the Information Commissioner’s Office has effectively blown out of the water any hopes that UK consumers would…
Data breaches, not rogues, are ICO Public Enemy No. 1
Companies suffering data breaches are far more likely to be clobbered by the Information Commissioner’s Office – and harder –…
Equifax faces £100m data breach pay-out claim in UK
Equifax’s 2017 data breach – which affected an estimated 15 million UK customers – could come back to bite the data…