data protection

Public Health England has not completed a DPIA into the risks of holding non-anonymised sensitive information, including medical data

MPs and Lords demand new law to guarantee protections for any contact-tracing tech

A dozen groups including Liberty and medConfidential have written to Matt Hancock demanding answers

Discussions with Big Tech become more productive after "serious legal flaws" are uncovered

Updated guidelines aim to address ambiguity in the application of GDPR

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

Health secretary Matt Hancock says early trials are "going well"

There are too many technological and social barriers for contact tracing to work properly, a research body claims

It's not all doom and gloom – here's how you can make GDPR work for you

The software will send alerts to people who have been in touch with infected users

Irish DPC warns that tracking allows sensitive information to be shared with major internet firms

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