Privacy Archive
The Labour Party’s campaign website has suffered a “sophisticated and large-scale” cyber attack, a spokesperson has said. Security procedures had “slowed down” some election campaign activities, but the party believes that no sensitive data was compromised. The incident has nonetheless …
In a month where security experts across Europe were boosting awareness of cyber security, organisations had mixed results in their own data protection practices. On the one hand, the 421,103,896 data records that were confirmed to have been breached in …
If your organisation didn’t suffer a data breach last year, consider yourself one of the lucky few. The insurance firm Hiscox found that 61% of organisations were compromised in the past 12 months. This represents a 16-percentage-point increase over the …
The 2018 British Airways data breach was one of the first to occur under the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), so the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office)’s investigation into the incident was seen as a test case. It was therefore unsurprising …
HR plays a crucial role in an organisation’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) compliance. The department is full of personal data, whether it’s of employees, their next of kin or candidates responding to job adverts. With such an active role …
You might be surprised to learn that CCTV footage is subject to the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). The Regulation isn’t just about written details, like names and addresses; it applies to any information that can identify someone. That includes …
Thanks to a whopping data breach from an unknown server exposing 419 million data records, our monthly total comes to 531,596,111 breached records. This brings the total amount of breached records for the year so far to 10,331,579,614. September may …
The European Court of Justice has ruled that Google doesn’t have to apply the right to be forgotten globally. The right, which was enshrined in EU law in 2014, allows data subjects to request that organisations delete personal data related …
Among the uncertainty surrounding GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) compliance – particularly with Brexit complicating things – the UK government has been a reliable source for advice. The ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office), which oversees data protection rules in the country, …
We’re back for another round-up of phishing scams that caught our eye over the past month. This series provides real-life examples of phishing emails, helping you understand how they work and what you should do to avoid falling victim. You …
