Tag: data protection
News and information from the Advent IM team.
Coronavirus recovery – six data protection steps for organisations
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
As lockdown restrictions start to ease and businesses begin to reopen, the ICO has set out the key steps organisations need to consider around the use of personal information. Read via the ICO
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EU admits it has been hard to implement GDPR
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
Official report to mark two years of data protection regulation notes burden on small and medium-sized companies. Read story by Javier Espinoza in FT.com
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‘Extremely unfortunate data breach’ at Cambridge University clinical school affects over 300 students
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
The accidental breach, which exposed some students’ reasons for intermission and their disabilities, will be reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office. Read story by Joe Cook in Varsity
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UK’s post-Brexit data deals ‘will go further than EU ever could’
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
The government sets out a four-pronged approach to the free flow of data and data localisation with Asia-Pacific nations. Read story by Keumars Afifi-Sabet in ITPro
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Babylon Health admits GP app suffered a data breach
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
Babylon Health has acknowledged that its GP video appointment app has suffered a data breach. The firm was alerted to the problem after one of its users discovered he had been given access to dozens of video recordings of other patients’ consultations. Read story by By Leo Kelion , Technology desk editor – BBC
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Coronavirus: researchers no longer need consent to access your medical records
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
You may not know it, but if you live in the UK and have contacted the NHS with any coronavirus-related health concerns, your data is now being used for research. Read this story by Stephen Khan in The Conversation.
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Northern Ireland customers sue EasyJet after major data breach
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
EasyJet is to be sued by customers in Northern Ireland impacted by a major data breach, it emerged on Monday. Read story by Alan Erwin in the Belfast Telegaph
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Coronavirus: Serco apologises for sharing contact tracers’ email addresses
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
Outsourcing firm Serco has apologised after accidentally sharing the email addresses of almost 300 contact tracers. Read via BBC
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ICO: Data protection and coronavirus – what you need to know
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
The ICO recognises the unprecedented challenges we are all facing during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Read the full post from the ICO here.
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#5MinSecrityRead: “What we need is culture change”. Really?
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
A valuable exploration of our actual understanding and commitment to culture change, and as with so many things, definitions are vital or we stray into important concepts becoming buzzwords… Over to Derek Willins, Head of Client Development. “What we need is culture change”. Really? Every week I hear or see the phrase, “we need a […]
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