Data Protection

Over 40 million Kakao Pay users' data somehow ended up with Alipay

Payment arm of Korean messaging app denies any illegal activity

Security15 Aug 2024 | 10

UK health services call-handling vendor faces $7.7M fine over 2022 ransomware attack

Nearly 83,000 people had their data stolen amid chaos that struck NHS healthcare

Cyber-crime07 Aug 2024 | 11

School gets an F for using facial recognition on kids in canteen

Watchdog reprimand follows similar cases in 2021

Security24 Jul 2024 | 96

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Levi's and more affected in pants-dropping week of data breaches

A busy few days for security teams

Cyber-crime24 Jun 2024 | 5

Blackbaud has to cough up a few million dollars more over 2020 ransomware attack

Four years on and it's still paying for what California attorney general calls 'unacceptable' practice

Cyber-crime17 Jun 2024 | 3

UK's Total Fitness exposed nearly 500K images of members, staff through unprotected database

Exclusive Health club chain headed for the spa on choose-a-password day

Security17 Jun 2024 | 24

Student's flimsy bin bags blamed for latest NHS data breach

Confidential patient information found by member of the public

Security13 Jun 2024 | 63

Snowflake denies miscreants melted its security to steal data from top customers

Updated Infosec house claims Ticketmaster, Santander hit via cloud storage

Cyber-crime31 May 2024 | 20

SpiderOak One customers threaten to jump ship following datacenter upgrade

One tricky cluster is causing outrage among longstanding customers

Security28 May 2024 | 9

UK data watchdog wants six figures from N Ireland cops after 2023 data leak

Massive discount applied to save cop shop’s helicopter budget

Security23 May 2024 | 15

NHS Digital hints at exploit sightings of Arcserve UDP vulnerabilities

When PoC code is released within a day of disclosure, it's only a matter of time before attacks kick off

Patches14 May 2024 | 4

UK public voice fear over security in NHS data systems

NHS England's own survey also reveals suspicions that it would sell data to third parties

Databases13 May 2024 | 23

White House tweaks HIPAA to shield medical files of those seeking reproductive care

In theory, this should make it harder for states to compel data-sharing to enforce anti-abortion laws

Personal Tech24 Apr 2024 | 22

Over a million Neighbourhood Watch members exposed through web app bug

Unverified users could scoop up data on high-value individuals without any form of verification process

Security23 Apr 2024 | 29

Lawsuit accuses Grindr of illegally sharing users' HIV status

LGBTQ+ dating app's maker previously denied selling sensitive user data

Applications22 Apr 2024 | 7

Watchdog tells Dutch govt: 'Do not use Facebook if there is uncertainty about privacy'

Meta insists it's just misunderstood and it's safe to talk to citizens over FB

Security22 Apr 2024 | 9

Rubrik files to go public following alliance with Microsoft

Cloud cyber resilience model could raise $700M despite $278M losses

Security02 Apr 2024 |

The UK Digital Information Bill: Brexit dividend or data disaster?

Comment Move could 'weaken' Brits' personal data rights when info is transferred outside Europe

Public Sector25 Mar 2024 | 135

Uncle Sam wants to know how big airlines use passenger data

'Problematic' carriers can look forward to scrutiny, fines, and new rules

Databases22 Mar 2024 | 11

London Clinic probes claim staffer tried to peek at Princess Kate's records

First: Not being able buy a meat pie with a credit card. Now this

Security20 Mar 2024 | 74

Record breach of French government exposes up to 43 million people's data

Zut alors! Department for registering and helping unemployed people broken into

Cyber-crime14 Mar 2024 | 28

US to probe Change Healthcare's data protection standards as lawsuits mount

Services slowly coming back online but providers still struggling

Cyber-crime14 Mar 2024 | 3

How do you lot feel about Pay or say OK to ads model, asks ICO

And does it count as consent?

Security11 Mar 2024 | 82

Palantir boss says outfit's software the only reason the 'goose step' has not returned to Europe

Motor-mouth CEO Alex Karp claims biz stopped 'innumerable' terror attacks in Europe

Bootnotes28 Feb 2024 | 97

Data watchdog tells off outsourcing giant for scanning staff biometrics despite 'power imbalance'

2,000 employees at 38 facilities had data processed 'unlawfully', ICO says

Security26 Feb 2024 | 9

That's not the web you're browsing, Microsoft. That's our data

Opinion The one thing you don't want your data security to be is, er, edgy

Software05 Feb 2024 | 77

'Exemplar' digital hospitals trust hit by multiple tech-related traumas

Retrieving electronic records takes 45 minutes and staff say they don't have time to use systems

Public Sector31 Jan 2024 | 25

France fines Amazon €32M for watching staff so much they'd have to 'justify each break'

French watchdog says non to excessive monitoring of workers as retail giant plans appeal

Legal23 Jan 2024 | 13

ICO fines spam slinging financial services biz

It's all very well offering 'Free Debt Help,' but recipients were unwilling, says watchdog...

Security22 Jan 2024 | 7

NHS England published heavily redacted Palantir contract as festivities began

Health org that previously promised it learned its lesson on transparency will ███, ███, and ███

Databases02 Jan 2024 | 95

To BCC or not to BCC – that is the question data watchdog wants answered

The dos and don'ts of bulk emailing

Security15 Dec 2023 | 61

Nearly a million non-profit donors' details left exposed in unsecured database

Trusted by major charities, DonorView publicly exposed children’s names and addresses, among other data

Cyber-crime13 Dec 2023 | 22

Northern Ireland cops count human cost of August data breach

Officers potentially targeted by dissidents can't afford to relocate for their safety, while others seek support to change their names

Security12 Dec 2023 | 16

Admin of $19M marketplace that sold social security numbers gets 8 years in jail

24 million Americans thought to have had their personal data stolen and sold for pennies

Cyber-crime30 Nov 2023 | 12

UK's cookie crumble: Data watchdog serves up tougher recipe for consent banners

30 days to get compliant with tracking rules or face enforcement action

Security22 Nov 2023 | 45

Watchdog bites back against blockage of $9M fine on US selfie-scraper Clearview AI

Updated Britain's ICO claims tribunal misinterpreted law, wants case revisited

Personal Tech17 Nov 2023 | 11

Home of the world's longest pleasure pier joins public sector leak club

Southend-on-Sea Council unwittingly exposed sensitive records of more than 2,000 staff for five months

Public Sector06 Nov 2023 | 26

ServiceNow quietly addresses unauthenticated data exposure flaw from 2015

Researcher who publicized issue brands company’s communication 'appalling'

Research26 Oct 2023 | 3

AWS says it wants in on the European sovereign cloud game

Appealing to growing crowd that wants data outside US jurisdiction

PaaS + IaaS25 Oct 2023 | 11

Element users are asking for protection against government encryption busting

NATO, United Nations, US DoD, and French government among its customer base

Security24 Oct 2023 | 27

Irish cops data debacle exposes half a million motorist records

Details of civilians and Garda officers were included, as well as high-res scans of identity documents

Security24 Oct 2023 | 9

What to expect when the UK-US Data Bridge comes into force this week

Opinion Britain's privacy watchdog still not happy that agreement 'appropriately' protects sensitive data

CxO11 Oct 2023 | 19

Norway wants Facebook behavioral advertising banned across Europe

But Meta was just about to start asking people for their permission!

Security29 Sep 2023 | 24

Irish watchdog fines TikTok €345M for mishandling kids' data

Tok is Tiking for app to bring processing into compliance within 3 months

Networks15 Sep 2023 | 6

Lawsuit claims Tesla corp data security is far less advanced than its cars

Sueball alleges company at fault after employee info leaked, including Musk's

Security07 Sep 2023 | 7

Northern Irish cops release 2 men after Terrorism Act arrests linked to data breach

Came in wake of the force publishing their own people's data in botched FoI

Security04 Sep 2023 | 27

Last rites for the UK's Online Safety Bill, an idea too stupid to notice it's dead

Opinion Snoopers Charter: Dead cows don't snitch

Security21 Aug 2023 | 316

Man arrested in Northern Ireland police data leak as more incidents come to light

Plus laptop and radio with yet more officers details reportedly nicked from car

Security17 Aug 2023 | 41

Get your staff's consent before you monitor them, tech inquiry warns

Plus: British government's push to reform data protection is working against the cause

Security10 Aug 2023 | 58

UK voter data within reach of miscreants who hacked Electoral Commission

'It doesn't help if the organization responsible for the integrity of elections' gets pwned

Cyber-crime08 Aug 2023 | 116

Norway to hit Meta with fines over Facebook user privacy from next week

Book to hit face, but Zuckerberg & co tell El Reg it will challenge the ban

Personal Tech08 Aug 2023 | 19

Big Tech's going to love India's new personal data protection bill

Big fines for breaches. Also big powers – including takedowns – for planned Data Protection Board

Legal04 Aug 2023 | 6

Australian court orders Meta subsidiaries to pay $14 million over data use

Adverts said Onavo Protect user data would be kept a secret – just didn't say from whom

Legal26 Jul 2023 | 9

Norway bans Meta's behavioral advertising with threats of wrist-slap fines

Won't someone think of Zuck's pocket change?

Legal19 Jul 2023 | 17

EU gives its blessing to reopen data pipelines to the US

'We already have various legal options in the drawer,' says Max Schrems, lawyer who killed the first two deals

Personal Tech11 Jul 2023 | 27