Shein cash giveaways similar to Temu’s raise data privacy issues April 30, 2024 Fast-fashion giant Shein has launched a number of promotions on its app, such as "magic draw", "draw easily", "free gift", and "spin to win".
Capita wins £565m in government contracts – despite major data breach May 25, 2023 Capita was today confirmed as the government’s chosen partner in two contracts worth a combined total of £565m – despite two recent major data breaches, the impact of which is still being investigated. The firm said the investigation and clear up will cost between £15m and £20m – this includes “further steps [taken] to ensure [...]
UK banks to ramp up data sharing in dirty money crackdown June 22, 2023 British banks are gearing up to share more data with their peers on suspected serious economic crime as part of wider efforts to stem dirty money flows into the country from Russia and elsewhere, four sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. More than half a dozen banks are in advanced talks with British [...]
Natwest: Inconsistent Farage report will only make things worse for Rose and the bank October 27, 2023 Natwest hoped the Travers Smith report would see the bank move on from the Alison Rose Nigel Farage scandal. It might have made things worse, says editor Andy Silvester
Competition watchdog accepts Google privacy changes February 11, 2022 The UK competition watchdog has accepted Google’s changes to its privacy sandbox, following a year-long investigation into the tech giant. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched the inquiry in January 2021 over concerns that Google’s privacy sandbox – a set of new web standards that aim to protect people’s privacy more – would cause [...]
Opinion-in-brief: a big day for Google’s lawyers November 11, 2021 Yesterday, Google both won, and lost. The tech giant avoided a £3.2bn claim over alleged unlawful tracking and selling of users’ data. In another breath, the EU courts rejected an appeal to overturn a €2.8bn fine. In cash terms, let’s call it even. An important door was left open in the UK case. The Court [...]
Data watchdog teams raid homes and seize computers amid Matt Hancock affair probe July 15, 2021 Teams from the UK’s data watchdog have seized computers after raiding two homes as part of their probe into the leaked CCTV footage of Matt Hancock’s affair. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) searched two addresses in the south of England earlier today, taking personal computer equipment and other electronic devices with them. “In these circumstances, the [...]
Celebrity details leaked after London jeweller hacked November 1, 2021 London-based jeweller Graff has been attacked by a ransomware gang, with cyberhackers stealing celebrity clients’ details. Russian group Conti – who are known for launching attacks on hospitals and government departments – are thought to have demanded millions of pounds in ransom. The group has already leaked around 69,000 confidential documents on the dark web, [...]
UK ransomware attacks double in past year March 28, 2022 New data has revealed that the number of ransomware attacks reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office has increased 100 per cent from 326 in 2020 to 654 in 2021.
UK to scrap web cookie requests in post-Brexit data revamp August 26, 2021 The UK will scrap “pointless” web cookie requests as part of a major package of reforms that will replace the EU’s data laws with a new post-Brexit regime. Culture secretary Oliver Dowden today unveiled a string of new measures designed to harness the power of data to drive growth and create jobs. The move will [...]