Tag: GDPR
News and information from the Advent IM team.
Home Office committed multiple data breaches when handling the EU settlement scheme
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The UK home office has been blamed by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and immigration for GDPR violations, stating that it misplaced personal documents of EU residents when handling the EU settlement scheme. Read here.
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On data protection, the UK says it will go it alone. It probably won’t.
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The Prime Minister listed data protection as an area that the UK could legislate on following Brexit – but diverging from European Union rules on privacy would only complicate things. Read via ZDNet.
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UK to diverge from EU data protection rules, Johnson confirms
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The United Kingdom will seek to diverge from EU data protection rules and establish their own ‘sovereign’ controls in the field, the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday (3 February). His comments came despite the EU affirming that the UK should “fully respect EU data protection rules.” Read more via Euractiv
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Think beyond tick-box compliance
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Advent IM Blog Advent IM News General
“When it comes to compliance with the GDPR and the UK’s updated Data Protection Act (DPA), Mike Gillespie, managing director and co-founder of independent security consultancy Advent IM, says no information security professional should be driving the conversation through dialogue about potential fines. In his experience, this is both defeatist and counter-productive when dealing with […]
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Think beyond tick-box compliance
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
A year on since GDPR, many organisations are yet to stop fretting over fines and focus instead on business value Read via Computer Weekly.
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GDPR claims €114m in fines in under two years – with more to come this year
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
European data protection authorities have received more than 160,000 data-breach notifications since GDPR came into force in May 2018 Read via Computing.co.uk
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Nationwide retailer fined half a million pounds for failing to secure information of at least 14 million people
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined DSG Retail Limited (DSG) £500,000 after a ‘point of sale’ computer system was compromised as a result of a cyber-attack, affecting at least 14 million people. Read via ICO.
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London pharmacy fined after “careless” storage of patient data
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined a London-based pharmacy £275,000 for failing to ensure the security of special category data. Read via ICO.
Read MoreMike Gillespie in Professional Security Magazine – Physical Records
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM News
We are in the run up to the first anniversary of GDPR [European Union-wide General Data Protection Regulation] and the Data Protection Act (2018) (DPA 18) and now is as good a time as any to review where we are and identify any consistent failings or blind spots, writes Mike Gillespie, the MD Advent IM, […]
Read MoreNew Crossword for Data Protection Day 2019
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
We noticed that last year’s Data Protection Day GDPR crossword is still in use, so we thought we would offer you a new one this year… Download ANSWERS TOMORROW SO CHECK BACK….
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