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John Edwards takes the reins at the UK's data protection watchdog
Information Commissioner faces a year of upheaval in data law
04 Jan 2022 13:58 | 14
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Legal
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
04 Jan 2022 11:06 | 67
Off-Prem
Veeam to productise in-house Salesforce backup tools - private beta already under way
Major update has passed quality control and will catch up to platform and app updates
20 Dec 2021 08:00 |
Legal
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
02 Dec 2021 15:02 | 21
Security
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?
01 Dec 2021 07:28 | 22
Security
Max Schrems hits Irish Data Protection Commissioner with corruption complaint
Watchdog argues 'fairness' in process should keep some documents confidential
24 Nov 2021 15:05 | 17
Opinion
Nigeria's central bank digital currency is 'same Naira, more possibilities' – if you count government snooping
Privacy challenges and rushed implementation should make this cash alternative much less attractive
22 Nov 2021 11:00 | 3
Security
Boat biz breaches itself: Brittany Ferries 'fesses up to leaks caused by routine website update
Customers' passport data potentially exposed, says company, promises to carry out password testing
10 Nov 2021 15:29 | 14
Legal
Google swats away £3bn Safari Workaround ad-tracking cookie lawsuit in Supreme Court victory
Campaigners' case had 'no real prospect of success'
10 Nov 2021 10:52 | 32
Security
Data transfers between the EU and the US: Still unclear on what you're supposed to do? Here's an explainer
This (still) applies to British businesses too... for now
01 Nov 2021 11:30 | 79
Security
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
29 Oct 2021 15:27 | 56
Security
UK data watchdog calls for end-to-end encryption across video chat apps by default
Then backtracks and tells El Reg: 'It's not a formal opinion'
29 Oct 2021 14:28 | 30
Security
HIV Scotland fined £10,000 for BCC email blunder identifying names of virus-carriers' patient-advocates
'Serious deficiencies in tech and organisational measures'
25 Oct 2021 11:48 | 11
Register Debate
Reg readers: Don't assume anything when sharing health data
Debate exhibits chronic distrust of policy makers, Big Pharma, and insurance companies
15 Oct 2021 10:30 | 21
Legal
Booting up: Footballers kick off GDPR case for 'misuse' of their performance data
Legal action aims to give players a say in how data about them is traded
12 Oct 2021 15:18 | 30
Databases
England's Data Guardian warns of plans to grant police access to patient data
Proposed law could 'erode trust and confidence' in healthcare
11 Oct 2021 12:16 | 43
Opinion
Sir Tim Berners-Lee and the BBC stage a very British coup to rescue our data from Facebook and friends
Terms and conditions apply, and that’s a good thing
04 Oct 2021 08:30 | 189
AI + ML
EU and US seek 'common principles' for data governance and AI
Technology, security, competitiveness also on agenda. *Cough* Privacy Shield *cough*
30 Sep 2021 16:57 | 11
Security
Is it OK to use stolen data? What if it's scientific research in the public interest?
Not always, but Swiss team says you can manage the risks
17 Sep 2021 13:02 | 51
Feature
De-identify, re-identify: Anonymised data's dirty little secret
Jeffrey Singh, stamp-collecting bachelor (35) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin – is that you?
16 Sep 2021 08:28 | 77
Security
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...
13 Sep 2021 09:15 | 103
Security
ProtonMail deletes 'we don't log your IP' boast from website after French climate activist reportedly arrested
Cops can read the SMTP spec too, y'know
07 Sep 2021 11:31 | 115
Databases
Big data means big money for the UK government as £2bn tender mooted
Central procurement team tickles the market with tantalising offer... but what for?
03 Sep 2021 14:10 | 12
Legal
Facebook: Let us tell you WhatsApp – we don't want to pay that €225m GDPR fine
Zuckerborg plans to appeal Irish data protection slap
02 Sep 2021 14:27 | 32
Updated
Zoom incompatible with GDPR, claims data protection watchdog for the German city of Hamburg
Takes aim at US videoconferencing software as tech world+dog calls lawyer for a quick chat
17 Aug 2021 13:44 | 80
Legal
Sueball over breach of more than 5 million payment cards at Dixons Carphone hit for six
Last claim standing relegated to the County Court after judge's ruling
04 Aug 2021 10:30 | 13
Security
Verified: UK.gov launching plans for yet another digital identity scheme
Because Verify was roaring success and cos digi ID will 'reduce cases of online fraud'. Ahem
20 Jul 2021 12:01 | 80
Feature
We're terrified of sharing information, but the benefits of talking about IT and infosec outweigh the negatives
You may find that gaffe isn't so embarrassing after all
13 Jul 2021 09:15 | 17
Security
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
08 Jul 2021 14:29 | 20
Software
Not for children: Audacity fans drop the f-bomb after privacy agreement changes
'Fork.' What did you think we meant?
05 Jul 2021 13:00 | 127
Security
Microsoft tells US lawmakers cloud has changed the game on data privacy, gets 10 info demands a day from cops
Technology has outpaced laws, says House committee chairman
02 Jul 2021 18:15 | 17
Databases
Backbench Tory campaigner promises judicial review of data grab of English GP patients unless UK government changes tack
Trove too tempting for computer criminals while public unaware of their rights, says David Davis
25 Jun 2021 16:00 | 27
Updated
BMA warns NHS Digital's own confidentiality guardian could halt English GP data grab unless communication with public improves
Data law's transparency requirement currently not being met, according to powerful doctors' union
25 Jun 2021 10:45 | 21
Legal
Final guidance on Schrems II ruling: Data from EU could be held up if a third country lets authorities access it
We're looking at you, Uncle Sam
21 Jun 2021 13:52 | 14
Legal
Law prof: New Chinese data regulations make it 'very hard for foreign firms to comply'
Fines for sending 'core' and 'important' info overseas, although what qualifies remains undefined
14 Jun 2021 18:15 | 14
Comment
'Vast majority of people' are onside with a data grab they know next to nothing about, reckons UK health secretary
A day before THAT delay, Matt Hancock told MPs that 'citizens' own the data he'd instructed the health department to take by default
09 Jun 2021 09:15 | 86
Databases
UK government bows to pressure, agrees to delay NHS Digital grabbing the data of England's GP patients
What's that? Letting people know just weeks before was a bad idea?
08 Jun 2021 13:59 | 64
Databases
BMA and Royal College of GPs refuse to endorse NHS Digital's data grab from surgeries in England
BMA separately calls for a delay to the programme
04 Jun 2021 15:01 | 50
Comment
European Parliament's data adequacy objection: Doubts cast on UK's commitment to privacy protection
Plus: Judgment in immigration exemption case makes things worse
03 Jun 2021 08:30 | 60
Databases
NHS GP data grab: Royal College of General Practitioners urges health body to communicate better
We've kind of got a lot going on right now with vaccinating etc... maybe you could do the comms bit, huh?
01 Jun 2021 12:17 | 16
Security
Mammoth grab of GP patient data in the UK set to benefit private-sector market access as rules remain unchanged
No policy shakeup to deal with snatch of info from primary physicians
17 May 2021 09:18 | 39
Exclusive
Oops, says Manchester City Council after thousands of number plates exposed in parking ticket spreadsheet
They are personal data, you know. Wait – you did know that, right?
13 May 2021 10:01 | 82
Security
East London council blurts thousands of residents' email addresses in To field blunder
'Was a Mailchimp sub too hard?!' asks Reg reader
05 May 2021 14:01 | 26
Security
Dutch watchdog fines Booking.com €475k after it kept customer data thefts quiet for more than 3 weeks
Thousands of people's personal information purloined after UAE hotels compromised
01 Apr 2021 16:12 | 23
Exclusive
Thousands of taxpayers' personal details potentially exposed online through councils' debt-chasing texts
Got a link? Change the last character and bingo, it's blackmail time
23 Mar 2021 11:08 | 70
Updated
Nurserycam horror show: 'Secure' daycare video monitoring product beamed DVR admin creds to all users
Company has a habit of reacting badly to vuln disclosures
18 Feb 2021 12:01 | 52
Legal
Can we exhale yet? EU set to rule UK 'adequate' for data sharing in post-Brexit GDPR move
Decision would mean less complicated situation for Blighty's digital economy
15 Feb 2021 14:29 | 32
Security
Labour Party urges UK data watchdog to update its Code of Employment Practices to tackle workplace snooping
Key doc hasn't been updated since 2018, warn politicos and trade union
19 Jan 2021 14:21 | 14
Security
Channel Isles cop sacked after abusing police database to track down women drivers for Instagram 'comic' page
Community service for creepy constable
07 Dec 2020 16:14 | 48
Security
Brit Conservative Party used 10 million people's names to derive their country of origin, ethnicity and religion according to ICO report
Bought 'estimated onomastic data' tagged onto data of millions of Brit voters
12 Nov 2020 15:30 | 43
Security
Google Safari Workaround case inspires campaign to sue Facebook in UK's High Court over Cambridge Analytica app
'Facebook You Owe Us' wants to run a not-quite-class-action-style lawsuit
29 Oct 2020 20:00 | 14
Security
MP promises to grill UK.gov over revelations that Uber handed '2,000 pieces' of user data to London cops a year
Where are the search warrants for this? asks ex-Brexit Secretary
21 Sep 2020 14:00 | 35
On-Prem
How do you solve a problem like Privacy Shield? US and EU policymakers kick off discussions
First Safe Harbor gone, now its replacement... Schrems the breaks!
14 Aug 2020 13:21 | 51
Security
Congrats, First American Title Insurance, you've made technology history. For all the wrong reasons
Insurer is first biz to be charged in New York for data security negligence after exposing millions of records to the web
23 Jul 2020 22:55 | 20
Security
Privacy Shield binned after EU court rules transatlantic data protection arrangements 'inadequate'
The spice data must flow (and it will – just through SCCs)
16 Jul 2020 15:12 | 73
Security
ProtonMail-run website boasting 'complete guide' to GDPR left credential-baring .git repo exposed online
Ooo, double irony!
29 Apr 2020 09:00 | 2
Security
UK.gov is not sharing Brits' medical data among different agencies... but it's having a jolly good think about it
Ministry of Fun under pressure to admit it's going to happen
09 Mar 2020 11:10 | 29
Storage
Back up a minute: Private equity outfit coughs $5bn for Veeam
Moving to America after being swallowed by Insight Partners, which already chucked $500m at it last year
09 Jan 2020 11:30 | 26
Personal Tech
I'm still not that Gary, says US email mixup bloke who hasn't even seen Dartford Crossing
Nor is he called Andrew, but he's still getting messages about Dart Charge
12 Nov 2019 09:07 | 199
Legal
Pack your pyjamas, Zuck: US bill threatens execs with prison for data failures
Senator Ron Wyden's on the warpath with 'Mind Your Own Business Act'
18 Oct 2019 18:00 | 57
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