Personal student data has been stolen in a data breach at Lancaster University. The “sophisticated and malicious” cyber-attack was discovered last Friday and an incident team was set up to deal with it. The phishing attack gathered information including records and ID documents and officials at the University said that fraudulent invoices were sent to
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Popular messaging service Slack is to reset the user passwords for thousands of customers after a historic data breach. Around one percent of all Slack users are thought to be affected by the attack – equivalent to over 65,000 customers. Slack, which stands for the Searchable Log of All Conversation and Knowledge, has more than
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The AI powered FaceApp has taken social media by storm over the past couple of days. Facebook, Twitter and Instagram feeds have been bombarded with altered photos of people, showing how they would look as an oldie by the selfie-editing app. Users can use one of the filters on the app to digitally ‘age’ their
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German schools have barred the use of cloud-based Microsoft Office 365 software following fears over data privacy. Schools in the state of Hesse have been told they can longer use it after the authorities ruled it was gathering information from users who were unable to give their consent. Under GDPR, the use of telemetry software
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American authorities have approved a $5 billion fine against Facebook over the sharing of data with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica. The Justice Department is now expected to review and approve the settlement after the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) made its landmark decision. The motion was passed by a vote of 3-2, FTC’s decision broke party
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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued British Airways with a huge penalty after the personal details of more than 500,000 customers were stolen from its website and app. The data watchdog has told the International Airlines Group (IAG) that the fine will be equivalent to 1.5% of its worldwide turnover for 2017. Last September,
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The Tory Party leadership race has been blighted by claims of data breaches after Jeremy Hunt supporters were “spammed” with unsolicited emails asking for their support. Amid allegations of dirty tricks by Boris Johnson’s campaign, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has been brought in to investigate the apparent breach of tough new GDPR legislation. ICO According
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A piece of data may be classed as personal data in the hands of one organisation but may not be classed as personal data in the hands of another. It all depends on what purpose the organisation is processing the data for. Therefore, it is important that the purpose for which the controller is using
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The Metropolitan Police Service have failed to respond to Subject Access Requests (SAR’s) for personal data quick enough, the ICO has revealed. The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued two enforcement notices to the Met Police after the regulator learned that backlog of over 1,700 requests for copies of data from UK citizens had been left
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Children will be put at risk if Facebook’s plans to encrypt its services go ahead, according to the NSPCC. Chief Executive Peter Wanless has warned that the social media giant is putting privacy and secrecy before accountability. Facebook has announced it will soon be using end-to-end encryption on its 1.3 billion-user Messenger service, meaning not
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