ICO loses Hiscox legal action after defendant falls ill
The Information Commissioner’s Office has lost its landmark legal action against insurance firm Hiscox – brought over the company’s alleged breach…
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100 days until GDPR D-Day: data sharing on the rise
With exactly 100 days to go before the biggest shake-up of data protection laws in a generation comes into force,…
Hiscox faces landmark trial over data protection breach
UK insurance company Hiscox is facing an unlimited fine in a landmark court case brought by the Information Commissioner’s Office,…
Nearly 60% of marketers have had no GDPR training
The GDPR juggernaut may be well on the road to the May 25 D-Day, but one issue seems to be…
Denham seals Treasury pay deal to fight ICO brain drain
The Information Commissioner’s Office has secured a major concession from the Treasury to abandon the regulator’s strict pay structure as…
ICO unveils award for the top dog of UK data protection
UK data practitioners have a new reason to be the best of the best, aside from saving their company from…
Age UK fesses up to double data breach of staff details
Age UK has handed itself in to the Information Commissioner’s Office after discovering a double data breach which has led…
GDPR goes from gloom to boom as UK leads the field
The road to GDPR compliance may have more twists and turns than a Fyodor Dostoevsky novel – and be twice…
Just Eat grovels as driver chats up customer via text
The Information Commissioner’s Office has launched an investigation into claims that a Just Eat delivery driver used a female customer’s…
Companies face data breach class action bloodbath
Companies could face the prospect of major US-style class actions for data breaches – with pay-outs potentially running into tens…