Data thief dodges jail but must pay back £25k or else
A former RAC employee, who stole the personal data of customers involved in traffic accidents and then flogged the information…
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BA waves the white flag over data breach compensation
British Airways has finally caved in to the class action compensation claim being brought on behalf of hundreds of thousands…
Lawyers launch TV blitz to woo claimants for BA action
Compensation lawyers are ratcheting up their offensive to convince up to 500,000 victims of the British Airways data breach to…
Group presses ahead with class action against Facebook
Another day, another UK class action against a company for breaching consumer data rights with news that Facebook is being…
Virgin Media has 4 weeks to settle breach case ‘or else’
Virgin Media has been given four weeks to admit liability for a major data breach, which left customers’ details freely…
Dentists bare teeth against BDA in breach legal action
A group of British dentists are not waiting for the Information Commissioner’s Office to investigate a recent hack attack on their industry…
Facebook sues developers for data privacy breaches
Facebook is attempting to show it has learned the lessons from the Cambridge Analytica scandal by taking legal action against…
Ryanair ratchets up war on data-scraping travel sites
Ryanair is continuing its pursuit of travel websites it claims are bypassing the airline’s online security system to “data-scrape” fares,…
TalkTalk customers seek payout for double data breach
TalkTalk is facing a High Court showdown on the back of two data breaches – including its notorious 2015 “car…
Marriott faces data loss claim – will it open floodgates?
Hotel giant Marriott International may have succeeded in keeping its proposed £99m GDPR fine at bay – so far, at…