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…
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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…
Lawyer slams Morrisons on eve of data ruling appeal
The lawyer representing over 5,000 Morrisons staff affected by the retailer’s 2104 data breach has hit out at the company…
Equifax first to be hit with maximum £500k data fine
The UK division of Equifax has become the first ever company to be fined the maximum £500,000 for breaking data…
Companies overloading the ICO as GDPR jitters strike
Companies are so paranoid about breaching GDPR that they are inundating the Information Commissioner’s Office with over 500 calls a…
Npower direct mail blunder sparks data breach probe
Npower might boast of “super powers” in its advertising but these obviously do not stretch to its data governance after…
British Airways grovels as 380,000 hit by data breach
British Airways has been forced to issue a grovelling apology – and has rushed out full-page press ads in today’s…
Human error to blame for 88% of data breaches in UK
Companies living in fear of a data breach need to look closer to home after new research shows that 88%…
Data breach complaints soar by 160% in three months
Complaints to the Information Commissioner’s Office about potential data breaches have more than doubled since GDPR-Day, according to new figures…
Butlin’s customer holiday plans exposed in online raid
Tens of thousands of Butlin’s customers have been warned that their holiday plans have been exposed after staff at the…