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Another RAC staffer nabbed for storing, sharing car crash data

Once is an accident. Twice is coincidence. Surely there won't be a third for roadside assistance biz

Security03 Feb 2023 | 38

Five British companies fined for making half a million nuisance calls

Nice. They went after vulnerable people and folks over 60 who opted out of marketing calls

Security08 Dec 2022 | 54

Gone phishing: UK data watchdog fines construction biz £4.4m for poor infosec hygiene

Staff member bit on lure, ultimately exposed up to 113,000 colleagues' personal information

Cyber-crime25 Oct 2022 | 11

Halfords slapped on wrist for breaching email marketing laws

Bike and car accessory slinger fined £30,000 for hitting send on more than 499k unsolicited emails

Security08 Sep 2022 | 39

California's attempt to protect kids online could end adults' internet anonymity

Websites may be forced to verify ages of visitors unless changes made

Personal Tech28 Jun 2022 | 50

UK watchdogs ask how they can better regulate algorithms

We have bad news: you probably can't... but good luck anyway

Software29 Apr 2022 | 63

Brit watchdog fines financial services biz £80k for text spam

Company changed address to avoid probe after sending 378,553 messages

Personal Tech01 Apr 2022 | 10

Brit data regulator fines five cold-calling fiends £405k

Businesses targeted elderly, made 750,000 calls to people on Telephone Preference System

Security17 Mar 2022 | 34

UK criminal defense lawyer hadn't patched when ransomware hit

Brit solicitor fined after admitting it took 5 months to install critical update

Security15 Mar 2022 | 15

Welsh home improvement biz fined £200,000 over campaign of 675,478 nuisance calls

ICO says Home2Sense showed 'complete disregard for people's privacy'

Security03 Feb 2022 | 30

UK data watchdog slaps Ministry of Justice with Enforcement Notice for breaking GDPR law

ICO threatens £17.5m fine over late processing of subject access requests

Legal19 Jan 2022 | 15

John Edwards takes the reins at the UK's data protection watchdog

Information Commissioner faces a year of upheaval in data law

Security04 Jan 2022 | 14

Offering Patreon subs in sterling or euros means you can be sued under GDPR, says Court of Appeal

Even if you've got no other EU legal presence

Legal04 Jan 2022 | 68

Virgin Media fined £50,000 after spamming 451,000 who didn't want marketing emails

Data watchdog shows it's keeping its PECR up

Security08 Dec 2021 | 32

UK data watchdog fines government office for disclosing New Year's gong list

New IT systems set up incorrectly, published CSV files which included names, addresses

Legal02 Dec 2021 | 21

Pension cold-calling financial services biz cops largest ever fine from UK data watchdog

EB Associates facing £140k penalty for 107,000 illegal calls

Security01 Dec 2021 | 50

UK watchdog's punishment for Blackbaud, Easyjet, other big privacy lawbreakers was slap on the wrist in private

Is this what they call light-touch regulation?

Security01 Dec 2021 | 22

UK data spillers fined, but enforcement slows: £5m in ICO penalties not yet paid

Nuisance call companies... and others... are quite the nuisance

Security03 Nov 2021 | 9

Data-breached Guntrader website calls in liquidators, is reborn as Guntrader 2 Ltd

Viscount still helms new firm – while since-deleted posts on firm's Facebook page enrage users

Security29 Oct 2021 | 56

Outgoing UK Information Commissioner issues warning about the independence of her office

Blasts proposals for Secretary of State to approve ICO guidance

Legal07 Oct 2021 | 9

Chocgate: The fallout. Partially taxpayer-funded £6k+ staff luxury treats land ICO in lukewarm water

But it's OK. What's it gonna do – fine itself?

Bootnotes28 Sep 2021 | 25

You can 'go your own way' over GDPR, says UK's new Information Commissioner

Tells committee: I know I said Facebook was 'morally bankrupt' but...

Security13 Sep 2021 | 103

British data watchdog brings cookies to G7 meeting – pop-up consent requests, not the delicious baked treats

Why are they asking G7 to do their job for them, muses critic

Security07 Sep 2021 | 50

Glasgow firm fined £150k after half a million nuisance calls, spoofing phone number, using false trading names

DialADeal is no longer operating

Security07 Sep 2021 | 52

UK promises big data law shake-up... while also keeping the EU happy, of course. What could go wrong?

New Information Commissioner to be given licence to promote 'innovation and growth'

Networks26 Aug 2021 | 157

UK data watchdog sees its approach to government health tech during COVID-19 outbreak as 'pragmatic'

Pandemic also behind fall in breaches, according to ICO annual reaport

Security04 Aug 2021 | 14

Nuisance call-blocking firm fined £170,000 for making almost 200,000 nuisance calls

Irony, thy name is Yes Consumer Solutions Ltd

Security02 Aug 2021 | 42

Tech biz must tell us about more security breaches, says UK.gov as it ponders lowering report thresholds

Breach reporting law might have effect on overseas operators too

Security27 Jul 2021 | 3

This is the data watchdog! Surrender your Matt Hancock smoochy-kiss pics right now!

ICO raids homes, seizes computers after UK Department of Health leak

Security15 Jul 2021 | 56

ICO survey on data flouters: 50% say they receive more unwanted calls than before pandemic

Plus: Fewer people proportion agree 'current laws' sufficiently protect personal information

Security08 Jul 2021 | 20

UK's data watchdog probes use of private email to discuss government business at the Department of Health

Information Commissioner cites loss of transparency as reason for inquiry

Security07 Jul 2021 | 25

Brit firm fined £200k for banging on about missold PPI in 11.4 million nuisance calls

316 people complained to the Information Commissioner's Office

Security02 Jul 2021 | 40

UK watchdog fines biz £130k for 900,000+ direct marketing calls to folk who had opted out

Colour Coat accused of lying, being rude and aggressive, and hanging up on cold-call victims

Security24 Jun 2021 | 44

Papa don't breach: UK data watchdog fines that other pizza place £10,000 over unsolicited marketing blitz

Papa John's falls foul of 'soft opt-in' exemption in PECR rules

Security16 Jun 2021 | 19

UK data regulator fines American Express up to 0.021p per email after opted-out folk spammed 4.1 million times

Bank made $1.4bn in profits alone last quarter

Security20 May 2021 | 36

UK data watchdog fines 'pandemic partner' biz £8k: It sent 84,000 marketing emails to people who'd given info for track and trace

Tested.me Ltd broke the PECR, says Information Commissioner's Office

Applications19 May 2021 | 36

UK watchdog would cease to enforce data protection law if Supreme Court sided with Google, its lawyer tells judges

Plus: Anti-Chocolate Factory campaign says it'll collect all the class-action damages, thank you

Legal30 Apr 2021 | 32

Keeping up the PECR: ICO fines two marketing text pests £330k for sending 2.6 million messages

Leads Work Ltd and Valca Vehicle and Life Cover Agency tried to exploit household finance fears in lockdown, says data watchdog

Legal08 Mar 2021 | 19

UK watchdog fines two firms £270k for cold-calling 531,000 people who had opted out

Ah, the old 'liquidate your company' trick. Classic

Security15 Feb 2021 | 109

Choc horror: The UK's Information Commisioner probes its own mammoth £6,248 Hotel Chocolat spend

Oooh, you're so fancy, Commish!

Bootnotes09 Feb 2021 | 16

Four cold calling marketing firms fined almost £500k by ICO

That's 20 pence a pop for the 2.4 million calls made, many to Telephone Preference Service users

Legal27 Jan 2021 | 49

UK union pens letter to data watchdog on icky workplace monitoring systems like Microsoft's Productivity Score

Updated The Pandora's Box that won't stay closed

Security10 Dec 2020 | 26

Ticketmaster cops £1.25m ICO fine for 2018 Magecart breach, blames someone else and vows to appeal

Own your screwups, growls irate watchdog

Security13 Nov 2020 | 25

Data protection scofflaws failed to pay £2m in fines from UK watchdog – and 68% of penalties are still outstanding

We're trying, insists beleaguered Information Commissioner's Office

Security05 Nov 2020 | 17

Marriott fined £0.05 for each of the 339 million hotel guests whose data crooks were stealing for four years

UK watchdog's mooted £99m penalty comes in at just £18.4m

Security30 Oct 2020 | 32

Experian vows to drag UK's Information Commissioner's Office to court after being told off for data-slurping practices

Credit reference agency recycled personal details for marketing purposes, says regulator

Security28 Oct 2020 | 43

British Airways fined £20m for Magecart hack that exposed 400k folks' credit card details to crooks

Airline was saving domain admin creds and card details alike in plaintext

Security16 Oct 2020 | 39

Email-spamming COVID profiteers deleted database with 'key evidence' when UK watchdog came knocking

Fined £40k after probe. Plus: ICO wants your views on its future powers

Security09 Oct 2020 | 15

UK privacy watchdog wraps up probe into Cambridge Analytica and... it was all a little bit overblown, no?

Sure, millions of profile pages slurped via dodgy Facebook API though it didn't actually affect anything, it seems

Personal Tech08 Oct 2020 | 24

Director of nuisance-calls company ordered to cough up £114k after ignoring £40k fine from UK data watchdog

Cost of enforcing IT Protect Ltd's initial penalty more than treble its value... no money yet collected

Security29 Sep 2020 | 32

UK ICO fines biz profiteering from COVID-19 crisis by sending unsolicited marketing texts to Joe Public

Digital Growth Experts Ltd hit send on 16k+ messages. The fine? £3.70 per text

Security24 Sep 2020 | 14

Pension scheme cold caller fined £130,000 by UK data watchdog

Swansea-based CPS Advisory hit dial 106,987 times in 80 days, says ICO

Security10 Sep 2020 | 15

UK data watchdog having a hard time making GDPR fines stick: Marriott scores another extension, BA prepares to pay 11% of £183m penalty threat

Updated COVID-battered businesses win reprieve from Information Commissioner's Office

Security05 Aug 2020 | 41

Lock down your data – or get the cheque book out: ICO privacy violation fines are rising, say lawyers

You can thank GDPR for that

Legal20 Jul 2020 | 7

Legal complaint lodged with UK data watchdog over claims coronavirus Test and Trace programme flouts GDPR

'Government is moving too fast, and breaking things as a result'

Security04 Jun 2020 | 121

Frippin' heck: Watch out, chin-stroking prog rock fans. King Crimson distributor Burning Shed says it's been hacked

Crims slope off with a slice of dabatase including emails and encrypted passwords but no credit card deets

Security21 Apr 2020 | 10