The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO“) has fined Tik Tok Information Technologies UK Limited and TikTok Inc (“TikTok“) £12.7 million for breaching the UK GDPR, in particular for failing to protect children’s privacy. The ICO had previously issued a notice…
Traveling isn’t just about discovering new cultures, food, and beautiful landscapes. It’s also about going out of our everyday comfort zone—whether this is a long flight, a confined bus journey, problems communicating with locals, or extreme and unfamiliar weather. However,…
The voting intentions of millions of Britons in local authority wards across the country could have been at risk of misuse as a result of a glitch in the Labour party’s main phone-banking system, the Guardian understands. Experts had warned…
Yum!, the US-based parent organisation of KFC and Pizza Hut, has written to a number of employees whose data was stolen by the undisclosed ransomware gang that attacked its systems in January 2023, resulting in the temporary closure of 300…
The Data Protection Commission recently published its Annual Report for 2022. Helen Dixon, Commissioner for Data Protection, presented the report which details the broad range of work undertaken by the DPC in 2022. Notably, the DPC issued two-thirds of the…
Here is our round-up of the top data protection and cyber security stories for March 2023, together with practical advice on how to address the legal issues raised. This month in review: The AI Pendulum: In March we saw ChatGPT…
TikTok has been issued with a fine of £12.7 million (~$15.7M) for breaching U. data protection law, including rules intended to protect children. The privacy watchdog, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), announced today that it found the video sharing site…
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U.K. Data Protection Watchdog Fines British Airways £20M for Data Breach Toolbox British Airways fined £20m over GDPR breach Out-Law.com UK Data Protection Watchdog Slaps Biggest-Ever Fine on British Airways Insurance Journal BA breach penalty sets new GDPR precedents ComputerWeekly.com British Airways Ultimately Fined…
Google moves UK user data to US to avert Brexit risks Financial Times Google’s decision to shift control of UK user data to the US looks like a calculated political bet that Brexit will be a privacy disaster Business Insider Fat Fingers,…