• by Connor McBean
• Industry News

The European Union’s chief data protection supervisor has sanctioned the European Parliament for a series of breaches of the bloc’s data protection rules. The decision sounds a loud warning to sites and services in the region about the need for due diligence of personal data flows and transfers — including proper scrutiny of any third […]

• by Connor McBean
• Industry News

Last year saw a huge onus on the protection of data and privacy and this is reflected in the huge increase of GDPR fines, year-over year. According to data presented by Atlas VPN, GDPR fines hit over €1 billion in 2021 – compared to €171 million in 2020. A total of 412 penalties were issued […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

$60m; the price of complacency?  The recent agreement by Morgan Stanley was born out of failing to adhere to some basic Data Protection principles when dealing with their customer information.  Their requirement to safeguard such sensitive, personal data was sadly short of the mark. This example shows us the importance of information security through the […]

• by Connor McBean
• Industry News

The company has been ordered to stop data processing after the ICO warned of a substantial privacy fine for the mishandling of collected facial data in the UK. Australian Facial recognition company Clearview AI is facing a £17 million fine for its mishandling on user data in the UK. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) announced […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

  Do your elves, reindeer and other temporary staff have appropriate Data Protection Training? If not, you could find yourself on the Naughty List. Advent Advent Calendar Secret Santa Giveaway Terms & Conditions 

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

On 10th November 2021, the UK Supreme Court handed down a highly anticipated judgment in the case of Lloyd v Google. The case brought by Mr Lloyd was a representative action on behalf of several millions of individuals who were allegedly subjected to the use of unlawful Google advertising cookies in their Safari browsers and […]

• by Connor McBean
• Advent IM News

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined the charity HIV Scotland £10,000 for a breach of data protection law through an emailing. It sent an email in February 2020 to 105 people which included patient advocates representing people living in Scotland with HIV. All the email addresses were visible to all recipients, and 65 of […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

  While we do not recommend you ‘purge’ your data only once a year, we do recommend you continuously free your systems of data that is no longer fit for purpose. Your organisation will hold masses of data and hopefully, you are already aware that you only retain and keep what is needed. Customer information, […]

• by Connor McBean
• Industry News

An unsecured database containing over 61 million records related to wearable technology and fitness services was left exposed online. Over 61 million records were contained in the data repository, including vast swathes of user information — some of which could be considered sensitive — such as their names, dates of birth, weight, height, gender, and […]