Ticketmaster cyber attack ‘sees hackers steal details of 560 million customers’ The ShinyHunters is allegedly demanding a ransom payment of around £400,000 to stop the data from being sold on the dark web TIcketmaster has been the subject of a…
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With a General Election set to take place on 4 July, we know many people have questions about how their data may be used during the election campaign. Personal information is an important part of political campaigning – it allows…
Following a data leak that brought “tangible fear of threat to life”, the UK’s data protection watchdog says it intends to fine the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) £750,000 ($955,798). The August exposure of cops’ data affected 9,483 officers…
Data breach brought tangible fear of threat to life “Perfect storm of risk and harm” highlights human impact of poor data security We use discretion to significantly reduce potential fine to ensure public money is not diverted from where most…
Posts from November 2017. On November 29, 2017, the EU’s Article 29 Working Party (”Working Party”) announced the establishment of a task force to coordinate the plethora of national investigations throughout the EU into Uber’s 2016 data breach that affected…
A hospital has paid out £47,000 in compensation to five claimants over data breaches. Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust made the payments – the second-highest of any NHS trust in the UK – between 2020 and 2023.…
We have issued a reprimand to Birmingham Children’s Trust Community Interest Company after the personal information of a child was inappropriately disclosed to another family. The child protection and review department at Birmingham Children’s Trust Community Interest Company, which is…
The Conservative Party is being investigated over whether it carried out a data breach on the same day the prime minister insisted it is keeping Britain “safe”. It was claimed that an email purportedly from Conservative Campaign Headquarters (CCHQ) was…
More than 1,500 people in Guernsey have been affected by personal data breaches in the first quarter of this year, according to the Office of the Data Protection Authority (ODPA). It is the highest number ever recorded in the island…