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British Airways strikes and IT glitches dent BA’s reputation September 6, 2019 The reputation of British Airways plummeted to a four-year low last month in the wake of strikes and IT failure that left passengers stranded. BA has fallen from 31st to 55th of the 65 companies in the airlines reputation index of reputation intelligence company alva since 1 January 2016. Read more: British Airways strikes: Pilots [...]
Google and Youtube accused of sharing personal data with advertisers September 4, 2019 Google has been accused of secretly sharing its users’ personal data with advertisers in a potential breach of EU privacy laws. In new evidence submitted to the Irish data regulator, a rival is said to have accused Google of using hidden web pages to feed data to third-party companies without user consent. Read more: Google [...]
King’s Cross facial recognition technology ‘not used since 2018’ September 3, 2019 Facial recognition technology has not been used at King’s Cross since March 2018, the site’s developers have insisted. Property development firm Argent, which is overseeing a regeneration project on the 67-acre site, was forced to defend its use of the controversial technology last month amid concerns about privacy and personal data. Read more: King’s Cross [...]
How to limit reputational damage after a data breach August 29, 2019 The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been with us for over a year. It was greeted with a tremendous fuss, with the threat of fines running into the millions. Organisations ran around like headless chickens while their lawyers drafted privacy notices and policies, and proffered advice on what to do about breaches. The Information [...]
EU considers giving citizens explicit rights over facial recognition data August 22, 2019 The European Commission is considering introducing strict regulations governing the use of facial recognition technology that would give EU citizens explicit rights over the use of their facial recognition data. The Commission’s plans, which were first reported in the Financial Times, would be part of a wider overhaul into how the EU regulates artificial intelligence [...]
King’s Cross defends use of facial recognition technology August 12, 2019 The developer behind King’s Cross has defended its use of facial recognition technology, despite concerns about privacy and data use. Property development firm Argent, which is overseeing a regeneration project on the 67-acre site, said its use of the cameras was “in the interest of public safety”. Read more: Passengers told to avoid King’s Cross [...]
British Airways’ IT glitch rounds off a terrible week for the airline August 7, 2019 British Airways has tonight fixed the IT glitch that led to hundreds of cancelled flights earlier today, but industry experts say the damage to its reputation has already been done. About 117 flights were cancelled at Heathrow and 10 at Gatwick, with hundreds more delayed, leading to frustrated and stranded passengers. Read more: British Airways [...]
British Airways to fight data breach fine as parent company profits stay flat August 2, 2019 British Airways will “vigorously defend itself” against its £183m fine by authorities for a data breach in which more than 400,000 customers’ information was stolen. The airline this morning said it would use all means at its disposal to avoid the record-breaking penalty. Read more: British Airways owner set for record £183m fine after 2018 [...]
Equifax fined up to $700m for massive data breach July 22, 2019 Equifax has agreed to pay as much as $700m (£562m) as part of a settlement with the US regulator following a 2017 data breach that exposed the personal data of almost 150m people. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) accused the credit rating agency of failing to secure personal information stored on its system. Read more: [...]
NHS still running Windows XP on over 2,000 computers despite spate of cyber attacks July 17, 2019 The NHS has admitted it is still running Windows XP on over 2000 computers, even though the operating system stopped receiving security updates five years ago. In a written answer, health minister Jackie Doyle-Price said: “As of July 2019, approximately 2,300 National Health Service computers are using Windows XP from a total of around 1.4 [...]