Boards still in denial over cyber risk, as bosses keen to pass the buck November 14, 2016 Boards still have their heads buried in the sand when it comes to cyber security, a new survey has found. The research commissioned by NCC Group, and seen exclusively by City A.M., found that just 13 per cent of chief executives thought they needed to take responsibility for the level of cyber risk in their company. [...]
Chancellor Philip Hammond to announce ban on pensions cold calling in Autumn Statement next week November 19, 2016 Pensions cold callers who target the elderly and trick them out of their life savings will be banned in chancellor Philip Hammond's Autumn Statement this week. Around 250m scam calls are made every year, or equivalent to eight every second, the government said today. Cowboy cold callers prey upon almost 11m pensioners a year and [...]
Authorities to investigate changes to how WhatsApp and Facebook handle personal data August 26, 2016 The information commissioner said today that she is looking into changes to the way Facebook and WhatsApp handle customers' personal data. The messaging service, which was bought by social media giant Facebook in 2014 for $22bn (£16bn), announced yesterday that it was going to allow businesses to message its over one billion users with SMS messages. [...]
TalkTalk slapped with record fine over cyber attack October 5, 2016 TalkTalk has been slapped with a record fine of £400,000 for failing to prevent a cyber attack last year. The Information Commissioner's office has handed out the largest ever fine to the telecoms firm which suffered one of the most high profile attacks ever experienced by a business in the UK. The data regulator said it did [...]
Data Protection Bill: How the UK’s data laws will now be fit for the digital age September 14, 2017 They’ve always said that information is power, and in the digital age, data increasingly powers the world. It drives price comparison sites and improves the flow of transport around cities. Using data properly adds billions of pounds to the economy, and helps improve and save lives. We are yet in the foothills of the digital [...]
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has reacted angrily to fresh questions as #traingate rumbles into a second day August 24, 2016 Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has reacted angrily to fresh questions over a spat with Virgin Trains revolving around a video complaining of a “ram-packed” service. Corbyn put out a video of him sitting on a train floor last week, arguing that over-crowding was a further illustration of the need for the nationalisation of the train [...]
Rampant ransomware raises risk of data breach sanctions under GDPR June 7, 2017 A ransomware infection would be considered a data breach under the terms of the new data protection regulation that comes into force next year, cybersecurity and legal experts say. Ransomware encrypts the data on an infected machine, and criminals demand payment from the owner to release the information. Ransomware is one of the fastest-spreading forms [...]
Here’s one piece of EU red tape you won’t escape by voting for Brexit June 21, 2016 UK companies will be affected by an incoming piece of EU data protection legislation regardless of which way Thursday's vote goes, an international law firm has said today. Speaking ahead of a conference at the Institute of Directors headlined by specialist insurer Beazley, Hans Allnutt, head of the cyber risk and breach response team at DAC Beachcroft, pointed [...]
Elizabeth Denham, information commissioner (ICO), says that with one year to go, UK firms have no time to waste in preparing for GDPR May 25, 2017 The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the biggest change to data protection law in a generation. While it builds on the previous legislation, it brings a 21st century approach to the processing of personal data, providing much more protection for consumers, and more privacy considerations for organisations. And with just one year to go [...]
Westminster terror attack: This is the latest update from the Metropolitan police March 24, 2017 The Metropolitan Police gave Londoners more information this morning on the ongoing investigation into the attacks at Westminster earlier this week. The capital was rocked by the terror attack outside the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday afternoon, which left five dead. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the tragic incident yesterday. Delivering a statement outside New [...]