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Cyber criminals have hacked popular food delivery app Deliveroo. The hackers have been breaking into customers’ accounts and ordering fast food without their permission. Accounts holders affected have been desperately trying to cancel the orders before the food is handed over to the hackers.  Customers details were obtained by phishing emails and other hacks. The

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

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

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

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