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London council accuses watchdog of 'exaggerating' danger of 2020 raid on residents' data

You escaped a big fat fine! Take the win and run, won’t you?

Malware Month17 Jul 2024 | 26

UK and Canada's data chiefs join forces to investigate 23andMe mega-breach

Three-pronged approach aims to uncover any malpractice at the Silicon Valley biotech biz

Cyber-crime11 Jun 2024 | 14

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

Spam crusade lands charity in hot water with data watchdog

Penny Appeal sent more than 460,000 texts asking for money to help war-torn countries, no opt out

Security05 Mar 2024 | 72

Cops visit school of 'wrong person's child,' mix up victims and suspects in epic data fail

Data watchdog reprimands police force for confusing 2 people with same name and birthday to disastrous results

Security01 Mar 2024 | 118

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

Home improvement marketers dial up trouble from regulator

ICO slaps penalties on two businesses that collectively made more than 3 million cold calls

Security17 Jan 2024 | 22

Data regulator fines HelloFresh £140K for sending 80M+ spams

Messaging menace used text and email to bombard people

Security12 Jan 2024 | 29

Manchester's finest drowning in paperwork as Freedom of Information requests pile up

Updated Enforcement notice issued months after data regulator schooled police force

Security20 Dec 2023 | 30

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

Britain's Ministry of Defence fined £350K over Afghan interpreter BCC email blunder

UK GDPR penalty slashed from £1M after department agrees to improve processes

Public Sector13 Dec 2023 | 16

Regulator says stranger entered hospital, treated a patient, took a document ... then vanished

Scottish health group to tweak security checks, access authorization to avoid a repeat

Security01 Dec 2023 | 98

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

UK data watchdog fines three text spammers for flouting electronic marketing rules

'High-pressure' sales tactics targeted people registered with Telephone Preference Service

Security03 Nov 2023 | 13

Big Brother is coming to a workplace near you, and the privacy regulator wants a word

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

Legal04 Oct 2023 | 47

Menacing marketeers fined by ICO for 1.9M cold calls

Five businesses facing half a million in collective penalties for illegally phoning folk registered with TPS

Security21 Sep 2023 | 35

Brit data watchdog fines sleazy sales ops £250K for 'bombarding' folk with calls

Crown Glazing and Maxen Power Supply fall foul of PECR

Security09 Jun 2023 | 25

Ministry of Justice rapped by ICO for old fashioned data leak

Forget AWS buckets, bags of medical and personal info on inmates and their guards left in 'unsecured' area of prison

Offbeat25 May 2023 | 2

Brit cops rapped over app that recorded 200k phone calls

Officers didn't know software was saving personal data and neither did people on other end

Security18 Apr 2023 | 36

Marketing biz sent 107 million spam emails... to just 437k people

Recruitment company fined £130,000 by data regulator for breaking PECR

Security17 Apr 2023 | 16

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