Facebook axes tons of apps, but claims most were safe
Over 18 months after the Cambridge Analytics scandal first broke, triggering numerous investigations on both sides of the Atlantic, fines…
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BA case may open floodgates for psychological claims
Legal action against British Airways over last year’s data breach will be the test case for whether lawyers can prove…
Facebook urged to come clean over fresh data breach
Pressure is mounting on Facebook to “tell all” over yet another mass data breach – which it is claimed has exposed…
Brands face $5 trillion data breach double whammy
The widespread adoption of digital technology is set to spark double trouble for brand owners which suffer data breaches, with soaring fines…
Third-party cock-up triggers Yves Rocher data breach
Cosmetics and beauty giant Yves Rocher – which axed its UK website earlier this year – has been hit by…
Teletext sweats as two-year data breach is uncovered
Teletext Holidays bosses are likely to be getting hot under the collar after the firm became the latest to potentially breach GDPR,…
Not quite so ‘Priceless’: Data leak affects Mastercard
Mastercard has joined the growing list of high-profile brands which have been hit by a data breach after the credit…
Data breaches can hit mental health, legal firm claims
Data breach compensation lawyers Hayes Connor – one of two UK “ambulance chasing” legal firms wooing British Airways customers – has…
Instagram axes ‘rogue’ ad partner after privacy probe
Facebook’s data governance has once again been called into question amid allegations that its Instagram division allowed a US start-up…
Twitter admits GDPR breach after exploiting user data
Twitter has been forced to fess up that it has been exploiting the personal data of potentially millions of its…