Newham council under cosh for Gang Matrix data leak
The London Borough of Newham has been whacked with a £145,000 fine for disclosing the personal information of more than…
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Irish confirm seven GDPR probes as Facebook turns 15
Facebook’s 15th birthday celebrations have been somewhat marred by confirmation that the company is the subject of seven separate data…
Google+ to shut early after exposing data of 52m users
Google’s failed social media venture, Google+, has been hit with yet another data breach after the company revealed it had…
Uber fined £900,000 over ‘complete disregard’ for data
Uber has been whacked with fines of more than £900,000 by UK and Dutch regulators for showing “complete disregard” for…
GDPR triggers 490% rise in ICO data breach reports
Increasing nervousness around GDPR has been cited for a huge spike in the number of companies reporting data security incidents…
Cathay Pacific data breach hits 9.4 million customers
Cathay Pacific has become the latest airline to have suffered a huge data leak, after revealing hackers had gained “unauthorised…
Morrisons loses appeal against data breach pay-out
The Court of Appeal has kicked out Morrisons’ attempt to overturn last December’s ruling which found it legally responsible for…
Former Equifax executive sentenced for insider trading
A former Equifax tech chief who worked on the company’s breach notification website for last year’s mass hack attack has…
3 million EU users hit by Facebook security breach
The Irish Data Protection Commission has confirmed that up to 3 million people in the EU were affected by last…
Heathrow blunders trigger data governance warning
Companies are being warned to ensure that data protection is given the highest priority in the boardroom following a catalogue…