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Sprint Education plugged digit-diddling URL snafu quickly An education sector marketing firm has committed a data breach – ironically, because it mass-mailed people asking them to update their...

Hospital in The Netherlands Slapped With Fine; May Face Additional PenaltiesAuthorities in the Netherlands recently levied a $516,000 fine under the General Data Protection Regulation against a...

Travel pressure around privacy and compliance is forcing mobile endpoint software to evolve. Media coverage of recent airport phone searches has privacy enthusiasts worried, and Europe's General...

The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report analyzes the significance of fines against British Airways and Marriott for violations of the EU's GDPR. Also featured are discussions of...

The ICO isn't pulling its punches: The penalty for BA's data breach is about 367 times higher than the previous record-setting fine.

They'll never be so low again. Ask Marriott and British Airways The Information Commissioner's Office issued £3m worth of fines for data breaches in the year to April 2018 – a mere fraction of its...

After fining British Airways with a record fine of £183 million earlier this week, the UK's data privacy regulator is now planning to slap world's biggest hotel chain Marriott International with a...

Breach Persisted 4 Years - and Through Acquisition - Before Being DiscoveredBritain's privacy watchdog says it plans to fine hotel giant Marriott $125 million under GDPR for security failures tied...

GDPR fines are finally coming down, and companies must be prepared to comply with the regulations or pay up.

UK's Privacy Regulator Ties Size of Proposed Fine to Security DeficienciesBritain's privacy watchdog has proposed a record-breaking $230 million GDPR fine against British Airways for violating the...