A third of businesses still aren’t GDPR compliant

Businesses are still struggling to become compliant with GDPR, risking huge fines in the process, new research has found. A report by MarketingSignals polling more than 1,000 UK workers found 37 per cent of businesses are still not following GDPR. Read full story.

Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
On 16th August 2018
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Why are our Top Ten Terrible #passwords still being used?

If yours is on the list and if it has been for a while, you really need a better one! If you need a method then avoid dictionary words and choose a phrase / title / lyric you can easily recall. Take the first and last letters of each word and capitalise one of […]

Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
On 13th August 2018
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Butlin’s says guest records may have been hacked

Holiday camp firm Butlin’s says up to 34,000 guests at its resorts may have had their personal information stolen by hackers. The company says the data in question included names, home addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers. Managing director Dermot King apologised for the incident and said no financial information was compromised. Read full story.

Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
On 10th August 2018
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Emma’s Diary fined £140,000 for selling personal information for political campaigning

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Lifecycle Marketing (Mother and Baby) Ltd, also known as Emma’s Diary, £140,000 for illegally collecting and selling personal information belonging to more than one million people. The data broking company, which provides advice on pregnancy and childcare, sold the information to Experian Marketing Services, a branch of the credit […]

Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
On 9th August 2018
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Yahoo fined £250,000 over cyber-attack

Yahoo’s UK arm has been fined £250,000 ($335,000) by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) over a data breach affecting more than 500 million users which took place in 2014. The incident was reported two years later. The firm said “state-sponsored” hackers had stolen personal information, which included names, emails, unencrypted security questions and answers. Read […]

Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
On 7th August 2018
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UK Shipper Was Held to Ransom After 2017 Breach

Clarksons has finally released more details of a 2017 data breach, claiming the hacker demanded a ransom for the stolen information. The UK-headquartered shipper said it discovered unauthorized access to its systems between May 31 and November 4 last year. The attackers got in via a “single and isolated user account” which was subsequently disabled. Read […]

Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
On 3rd August 2018
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Reddit’s hack response causes concern

Social media site Reddit has suffered a data breach, but has refused to disclose its scale. The site said it discovered in June that hackers compromised several employees’ accounts to gain access to databases and logs. They were able to obtain usernames and corresponding email addresses – information that could make it possible to link […]

Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
On 2nd August 2018
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Dixons Carphone says data breach affected 10 million

Dixons Carphone has said a huge data breach that took place last year involved 10 million customers, up from its original estimate of 1.2 million. The Carphone Warehouse and Currys PC World owner has been investigating the hack since it was discovered in June. It said personal information, names, addresses and email addresses may have […]

Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
On 31st July 2018
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DPC receives over 1,100 reports of data breaches since start of GDPR rules

More than 1,100 reports of data breaches involving people’s personal information have been received by the Data Protection Commission in the two months since a new EU legal regime came into force. The 1,184 reports to the commission mean data breach reports are significantly up on the average of 230 reported each month in 2017. Read […]

Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
On 30th July 2018
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Burden of data protection rests on firms and governments

A senior executive at Singapore’s Cyber Security Agency stressed the role of corporate data governance and government regulations in raising the bar on cyber security. The onus is on companies and government agencies to ensure that data breaches are taken seriously, according to a senior executive at Singapore’s national cyber security agency. Read full story.

Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
On 30th July 2018
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