• by Connor McBean
• General

In what looks to be the last weekend of Summer, we bring you a scorching hot Weekend Wisdom. In huge news, we are thrilled to announce that Ellie Hurst, Head of Media and Marcomms, has made the shortlist at the sparkling ‘Women in Security Awards 2022’. Read all the information here In further celebration of […]

• by Connor McBean
• Industry News

The UK’s data protection watchdog has laid out its three-year strategy to safeguard the information rights and depart from the shackles of the EU’s GDPR framework. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) plan to regulate areas including the privacy of children, discrimination within AI technology, the use of algorithms within the benefits system and predatory marketing […]

• by Connor McBean
• General

Weekend Wisdom is here, and we hope you are all coping well with the heat and staying safe in the 36 degree heat on Monday and Tuesday. Onto this week’s round up! We started the week with Head of Marccoms Ellie Hurst presenting at Security Twenty 22 Manchester on her topic “are we ready to […]

• by Connor McBean
• Industry News

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) fines continue to break records as more companies fall foul of laws designed to protect consumer interests and privacy. Read via Digit

• by Connor McBean
• General

We are back with your weekly dose of all things Security and Advent IM In the news: Fake copyright infringement emails install LockBit ransomware – Read here Google account sign-up process targeted with GDPR complaints – Read here AMD investigating alleged theft of 450 GB of data – Read here Japanese city worker loses USB […]

• by Connor McBean
• Industry News

Consumer rights groups in Europe have filed a new series of privacy complaints against Google — accusing the advertising giant of deceptive design around the account creation process that they say steers users into agreeing to extensive and invasive processing of their data. Read via Tech Crunch

• by Connor McBean
• Industry News

A Data Reform Bill to enable the UK to reform its data protection regime and deviate from EU rules has been announced. Read via Yahoo

• by Connor McBean
• Advent IM Blog

Another 4 day week is almost complete! But once again the security industry does not sleep.. This week in stories: No 10 network targeted with spyware, says group Read here Funky Pigeon suspends orders after cyber-attack Read here Google to update cookie consent banner in Europe following fine Read here Do you work in the […]

• by Connor McBean
• Industry News

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) on Tuesday slapped Facebook and WhatsApp owner Meta Platforms a fine of €17 million (~$18.6 million) for a series of security lapses that occurred in violation of the European Union’s GDPR laws in the region. “The DPC found that Meta Platforms failed to have in place appropriate technical and […]

• 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 […]