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…

6 days ago

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,…

3 months ago

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…

10 months ago

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…

11 months ago

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…

1 year ago

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…

2 years ago

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…

2 years ago

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…

2 years ago

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…

2 years ago

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…

2 years ago