data protection

Supermarket can't be held liable for the criminal actions of a former auditor who leaked financial data

The hotel chain has notified guests of a second massive data breach within 18 months

The COVID Symptom Tracker has made it to the top of the App Store’s Medical apps charts

The ICO pledges to take into account “compelling public interest” for any potential data protection violations

Organisations also lack confidence their data protection services are fit-for-purpose, research finds

Does your organisation comply with the toughest ever set of data protection rules?

The company's IT team discovered "unusual activity" on numerous accounts

The unsecured database contained some 146 million records

SMBs have struggled to implement aspects of the laws like conducting impact assessments or auditing third-party data

The data breach is the latest of Samsung’s “technical errors”

Complaints soared by 75% in 2019 and multinational tech probes climbed to 21, although no fines were collected

FOI request reveals Ministry of Defence is the worst offender, with 767 devices lost in a year

The decision is driven by fears the UK may step out-of-sync with the EU's data protection laws

Members of his team argue they were pen-testing the Labour Party membership database

A look at the UK's national data laws and how GDPR fits into the puzzle

ORG warns UK government not to let US push it into weaker data protection laws

Security company will ask all users of its free antivirus if they are willing to let their browsing data be shared with third parties

The UK faces the challenge of convincing Europe that its post-Brexit data protection will be adequate

Brexit's effect on data laws demands that data management remains a top business priority for UK organisations

Limitless fines have been proposed for those who break election rules

Regulators have received 160,000 data breach reports, with UK firms third-most reported across Europe

Lambeth Council named worst offender, with 281 devices lost or stolen since 2016

Campaigners may sue the data regulator for declining to take action against “massive data breaches”