Security News
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.
Technically not yet A Thing but there's a war of words over it The UK's Information Commissioner's Office wants to fine Marriott Hotels £99m over its loss of 383 million customer booking records...
Data protection police come a-knocking. 'Put your computers and docs in the facking bag!' The UK's data protection watchdog today raided two businesses suspected of making millions of nuisance calls.…
How to wind up your opponents 101: Refuse to engage The adtech industry was unable to muster even a single speaker to fill a 10-minute slot to discuss the security implications of programmatic...
2.7 million Brits caught up in 'serious failure of data security' says UK data watchdog The UK’s data watchdog has slapped a £385,000 penalty on app-not-driving-service baddie Uber for security...
UK watchdog waves fist in paper’s general direction, asks it to stop forcing people to accept tracking The Washington Post newspaper's online subscription options don't comply with European Union...
Finds orgs sent marketing emails promoting each other without consent The Information Commissioner’s Office plans to slap fines totalling £135,000 on Leave.EU and Brexiteer Arron Banks’ insurance...
Operator fined £120k by UK data watchdog Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) has been fined £120,000 by the UK's data watchdog for the loss of an unencrypted USB memory stick reportedly containing...
Sent 1.42 million mailers to unconsenting folk in a year A scurrilous marketing agency that fired 1.42 million emails at prospective customers was today saddled with a £60,000 fine by the UK’s...
Again some bad news for cryptocurrency users. KICKICO, a blockchain-based initial coin offering (ICO) support platform, has fallen victim to a suspected cyber attack and lost more than 70 million...