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UK Info Commish quietly urged court to swat away 100k Morrisons data breach sueball
2019-11-13 11:00

Supermarket says it's innocent and we don't need more than that, ICO told judges The UK's Information Commissioner urged the Court of Appeal to side with Morrisons in the supermarket’s battle to...

'Sophisticated' cyber attack on UK Labour Party platforms was probably just a DDoS, says official
2019-11-12 11:41

'Really very everyday' – report The UK's Labour Party says its campaign site has been the target of "sophisticated and large-scale cyber-attack" and has informed GCHQ's National Cyber Security Centre.…

'Peregrine falcon'-style drone swarms could help defend UK against Gatwick copycat attacks
2019-11-05 16:03

MoD offshoot names winners who dipped into £2m anti-drone ideas pot o' gold The British government has funded 18 anti-drone projects as part of its £2m push to stop a repeat of the Gatwick drone...

Concerns raised over privacy and security of UK Home Office's £842m biometrics programme
2019-11-05 14:07

Plans to aggregate it with other databases should be discussed, says ethics group An independent ethical advice group has raised concerns about the UK Home Office's £842m Biometrics programme,...

Three UK does it again: Random folk on network website are still seeing others' account data
2019-11-05 12:24

Once is an unfortunate cockup. Twice needs stamping on British telco Three UK has once again let random people viewing its homepage view its customers' account details as if they were logged in,...

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ICO: UK Police Should Go Slow on Facial Recognition
2019-11-04 17:03

Commissioner Elizabeth Denham Also Calls for Creating a 'Code of Practice'Elizabeth Denham, the U.K.'s chief privacy watchdog, is urging police to go slow when it comes to using live facial...

Please tell us why you're not securing yourselves, UK.gov asks businesses
2019-11-04 14:32

If security worries you, send them your fears on a postcard The British government wants your bright ideas for improving the nation's cybersecurity because it wants to "understand the apparent...

Facebook Agrees to Pay UK Fine in Cambridge Analytica Case
2019-10-30 19:03

British Authorities Found Social Media Company Violated Privacy LawsAfter months of appeals, Facebook has agreed to pay $643,000 to settle claims that it violated U.K. privacy laws by allowing...

UK Ministry of Justice brags about new digital forensics unit to thwart tech-savvy jailbirds
2019-10-29 11:42

Probing contraband mobes to reduce prison crimes The UK Ministry of Justice is setting up a digital forensics lab to probe mobile phones seized from prisoners.…

Antivirus hid more than 9,000 'cybercrime' reports from UK cops, says watchdog
2019-10-24 16:18

Detailed info wound up in quarantine Just one of Britain's 43 police forces treats online crime as a priority – while the Action Fraud organisation managed to withhold 9,000 so-called cyber-crime...