Boots suspends Advantage Card payments over attack
Boots has taken the unprecedented step of suspending payments using Advantage Card loyalty points – both instore and online –…
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Cathay Pacific wings clipped with £500,000 data fine
Further evidence has emerged that data protection rulings are like London buses – you wait ages for one then two…
Tesco Clubcard shields ‘lazy’ members in mass re-issue
Tesco has taken matters into its own hands over the security risk posed by customers whose shoddy data security practices…
Cock-up culture: Staff guilty of 90% of data breaches
The UK’s cyber security sector might be bulking up like a Love Island beau on steroids, but it seems companies…
Hack attack fears push UK cyber security to over £8bn
The UK’s cyber security sector appears to be benefiting from the Information Commissioner’s Office strategy of hunting down firms whose online security is…
ICO issues first GDPR fine, but it’s not BA or Marriott
The Information Commissioner’s Office has finally dished out its first GDPR fine – nearly 19 months after the regulation came…
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…
‘Dopey’ Disney+ urged to tighten up online data security
Disney has been accused of putting Snow White’s pal Dopey in charge of the security of its new streaming service…
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…