DPA
The Multi-Million Pound Manchester United Hack
Earlier this year I wrote a blog post about the Manchester City Billion Pound Hack, which explored cyberattacks within elite football. Now it is the turn of City big rivals Manchester United, ...
The DRaaS Data Protection Dilemma
Written by Sarah Doherty, Product Marketing Manager at iland Around the world, IT teams are struggling with choosing between less critical, but important tasks, versus focusing on innovative projects to help transform your ...
The Billion Pound Manchester City Hack
The sport of football is a multi-billion-pound global industry, where the world's top-drawer football clubs push competitive advantages to the extreme, not just for the prestige of winning trophies, as success on ...
British retailer fined half a million pounds for poor cybersecurity hygiene
Companies that fail to protect themselves online no longer need to fear only the bad guys lurking in the hidden corners of the internet. Increasingly, they need to worry about the good ...
GDPR One Year Anniversary: The Civil Society Organizations’ View
GDPR is a landmark in privacy jurisdiction. Through its 99 articles, it sets a framework for both businesses and individuals on their rights and responsibilities when it comes to protecting privacy. The ...
UK Pub Chain ‘Greene King’ Gift Card Website Hacked
Major UK pub chain, Greene King (Bury St. Edmunds), had its gift card website (https://www.gkgiftcards.co.uk) compromised by hackers. The personal data breach was discovered on 14th May 2019 and confirmed a day ...
UK fine against Uber for 2016 data breach would be 200 times bigger in 2018
Uber’s widely publicized data leak from two years ago has finally resulted in a fine from the UK Information Commissioner’s Office. The penalty would have been 203 times the amount if the ...
UK’s ICO fines Facebook £500,000 for Cambridge Analytica scandal
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the independent regulator for data protection and information rights law, has handed Facebook the maximum fine allowed under the 1998 Data Protection Act (DPA) for its ...
Heathrow Airport escapes hefty GDPR fine; gets only £120,000 (under 1998 DPA) for 2017 privacy breach incident
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office has fined Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) £120,000 for failing to ensure that the personal data on its network was properly secured. The circumstances that led to the ...
Equifax fined £500,000 for ginormous 2017 breach
More than a year after hackers breached credit reporting agency Equifax to steal 146 million customer records, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued the company with a £500,000 fine – ...
