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Houseparty offers $1million for proof of smear campaign over hacking rumours

The must-have video chat app for bored brits on lockdown is offering a huge reward for information about alleged hacking. Rumours started circulating that the app had been targeted by cyber criminals. Complaints about the popular video-calling service being “hacked” spread like wildfire online. The app lets friends and family make video calls, play games […]

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Princess Cruises confirm data breach

Compensation claims over Virgin Media data breach

Sara Frost

Victims of a data breach that exposed the details of more than 900,000 people have been contacting their solicitors. Newcastle-based solicitors Ben Hoare Bell LLP are just one of the firms investigating the breach, which was allegedly down to “human error” rather than a cyber-attack. The database at the centre of the breach, contained phone

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Sensitive data dumped in council skip outside offices

Robbie Handley

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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Dixons Carphone fined £500,000 after millions of customers’ personal data was lost

Robbie Handley

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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ICO issues first UK fine under GDPR to a London pharmacy for £275k

Robbie Handley

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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Building contractors fired after losing floor plans for spy HQ

Robbie Handley

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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Fears that leaked New Year’s Honours addresses could be sold on dark web

Robbie Handley

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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The business model of Google and Facebook threatens human rights, it’s been claimed.

Robbie Handley

A new report by Amnesty International claims that Facebook and Google’s surveillance poses an unprecedented danger to human rights. The group has now called for the core business model of both companies to be dramatically overhauled. Due to the mass aggregation of personal data, they claim this is violating people’s right to privacy and restricts

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What does the General Election mean for GDPR?

Robbie Handley

The Information Commissioner has sent out letters to the main political parties, reminding them that they must comply with data protection laws ahead of the forthcoming election on December 12. There’s no doubt that the ICO is very strict about the use of data in political campaigning. Letter The letter read: “A dedicated election hub

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