Payroll, council tax arrears and bank details were amongst a pile of sensitive information left exposed in an open skip. The A4 lever arch folder belonging to Gloucester City Council, contained 350 pages of data, within which there were 37 pieces of paper with at least 30 individuals’ private data. The information was dated 2013
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The sharing of personal data between EU member states and the UK is vital for business supply chains to function and public authorities to deliver effective public services. Personal data will continue to flow until the end of this year when a longer term solution will be put in place. However in the event of
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More than 4,000 porn stars have had highly sensitive private information exposed online by an adult website. Cyber security researchers vpnMentor, a VPN comparison site, claim they found an open folder on PussyCash’s Amazon web server containing 875,000 files. PussyCash own multiple porn websites and hosts affiliation programs for multiple adult sites, paying webmasters for
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Point-of-sale computers in Currys PC World and Dixons Travel shops suffered a cyber-attack affecting 14million customers. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), imposed the maximum £500,000 fine to DSG Retail Limited (DSG) under the previous data protection legislation (Data Protection Act 1998), which was in force when the incident occurred. However, they warned that the fine
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Foreign currency trader Travelex has fallen victim to a cyber-attack from a ransomware gang called Sodinokibi. The criminals behind the hack told the BBC they are demanding $6m (£4.6m) or company computer systems will be deleted, and customer data sold online. Cashiers have been resorting to using pen and paper to keep money moving at
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Doorstep Dispensaree, based in Edgware, north London has been fined a whopping £275,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for “cavalier” disposal of records about vulnerable care home residents. The pharmacy, which supplies medicines to individuals and care homes, stored approximately 500,000 documents containing care home patients’ names, addresses, dates of birth, NHS numbers, medical
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As we start 2020, what does the year ahead mean for GDPR and what are likely to be the key issues? GDPR Awareness Training and Cybersecurity will be the hot topics businesses will be talking about this year. The GDPR will be two years-old in May. Its purpose is to protect the data and privacy
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As 2019 draws to a close, it’s time to take a look at what has happened with the GDPR over the past twelve months. On May 25th this year, we celebrated the first anniversary of the implementation of the regulation. At the time, some organizations were still struggling to both understand and comply with GDPR
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Building contractors Balfour Beatty tasked with refurbishing the MI6 building in London have been fired after losing the floor plans for the spy headquarters. The plans were said to have contained details of the building’s layout and security protocol According to The Sun, the plans went missing a few weeks ago, having been produced by
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The home and work addresses of hundreds of celebrities, politicians and emergency service workers have been posted online in a huge Cabinet Office blunder. The government has since apologised “to all those affected” after it accidentally published addresses of more than 1,000 New Year Honour recipients online.1 The file – which included details of senior
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