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Uber fined by UK watchdog over data leak during 2016 cyber attack November 27, 2018 Ride-hailing giant Uber has been fined £385,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office, for failing to protect its customers' personal information during a cyber attack in 2016. The ICO said today that a series of "avoidable data security flaws" led to the leaking of information about 2.7m of its UK customers, including full names, email addresses and [...]
Amazon launches Black Friday pop-up in Shoreditch after data leak hits UK customers November 22, 2018 Amazon has today opened a pop-up on London's Shoreditch High Street, just in time for Black Friday weekend. The Home of Black Friday pop-up store has returned to the capital after its debut last year, and is now located near Amazon's headquarters from Thursday 22 November until Sunday 25. The shop will feature hundreds of [...]
Facebook to appeal £500,000 fine over Cambridge Analytica scandal November 21, 2018 Facebook will appeal a £500,000 fine handed down by the information commissioner for its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The social media giant claimed that the data watchdog found no evidence that UK Facebook users were impacted by Cambridge Analytica, and the fine was therefore unjustified. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) imposed its maximum [...]
Hackers jailed over £77m Talk Talk cyber attack that affected thousands of customers November 19, 2018 Two hackers have been jailed for their part in a £77m cyber attack on Talk Talk that compromised the financial details of thousands of customers. Matthew Hanley, 23, from Tamworth, was jailed at the Old Bailey this afternoon for 12 months after admitting charges relating to the data breach in 2015. Connor Allsopp, 21, also from [...]
‘Self-regulation ship has sailed’: UK data watchdog targets Facebook after Cambridge Analytica scandal November 6, 2018 Facebook showed a “disturbing level of disrespect” for users whose data was stolen in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, according to the head of the UK’s data watchdog. Information commissioner Elizabeth Denham also called for the tech giant to be regulated, saying she was “astounded” at the sheer amount of personal data held by the social [...]
UK data watchdog fines Arron Banks’ insurance firm and Leave.EU campaign £135,000 November 6, 2018 An insurance firm owned by Arron Banks, as well as the Leave.EU campaign he founded, face fines totalling £135,000 from the UK's data watchdog. Banks's Leave.EU Brexit campaign and his company Eldon Insurance (trading as Go Skippy) were each given notice of fines of £60,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) for serious breaches of the Privacy [...]
Killing Eve in real life would lead to a workplace disaster November 6, 2018 Few people seem to have missed one of this year’s most popular TV series, Killing Eve. For those who have not yet caught up with the latest craze, the show follows Eve Polastri, an intelligence officer whose sole mission becomes to track down an assassin named Villanelle – an operation that leaves a comedy (and [...]
The value of the average data breach fine in the UK doubles in one year October 29, 2018 The average value of fines issued by the UK’s data watchdog doubled over the last year to reach £146,000, according to new figures released today by City law firm RPC. Additionally, the total value of fines imposed by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in the twelve months to 30 September 2018 rose to just under £5m. [...]
European Parliament calls for a full audit of Facebook over its data breach track record October 25, 2018 The European Parliament has today called for a full audit to be carried out on Facebook to assess the security of its users' personal data and the firm's data protection policies, in light of this year's string of data breaches. MEPs have today adopted a resolution which urged Facebook to allow EU bodies to carry out [...]
Facebook fined maximum £500,000 penalty over Cambridge Analytica scandal October 25, 2018 Facebook must pay a £500,000 penalty for its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the UK’s data watchdog ordered today. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has handed the social media giant the penalty for processing people’s data without their consent, as well as failing to keep that data secure. Read more: Facebook reels from the [...]