Information Commissioner's Office
ICO resumes investigation into adtech industry
Critics say the adtech industry is guilty of multiple GDPR breaches
Ministry of Defence sees 18 per cent rise in data loss incidents
There were 546 incidents involving personal data in 2019-20
Former RAC employee sentenced to prison for selling personal data to claims management firm
The ICO says such acts could lead to a prison sentence for those responsible
ICO is struggling to collect fines from companies that violate data protection rules
Watchdog lacks teeth: 68 per cent of fines issued since January 2019 haven't been paid
UK-Japan trade deal threatens UK citizens' online privacy, ORG warns
Adopting a 'free flow of data' approach would be a radical departure from the UK's current position, argues the Open Rights Group
ICO faces legal action over alleged failure to address illegal data sharing
The ICO agreed that the AdTech industry had violated the GDPR but says that a tribunal will decide the matter 'in due course'
Blackbaud ransomware hackers could access unencrypted banking data and login credentials
Blackboard had originally claimed such data was protected
Blackbaud hack: National Trust confirms data breach
125 organisations in the UK have contacted the ICO in relation to data breach
Hackers target Robert Dyas to steal customers' payment card details
The firm says it became aware of the breach on 30th March 2020
Marriott confirms data breach impacting up to 5.2 million people
The company has notified guests whose information was compromised in the incident
ICO approves use of British mobile phone tracking data to fight spread of coronavirus
Regulator okays the use of anonymised phone tracking data to help tackle the spread of COVID-19
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council finally admits that it has suffered ransomware attack
IT systems at Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council have been down for three weeks
ICO to police: Live facial recognition 'raises serious concerns'
ICO calls for a statutory code of conduct to stop police misuse of live facial recognition technology
Nearly £100m for Marriott, £138m for BA - what is the take home message from these sudden massive ICO fines?
Eerke Boiten, Professor of Cyber Security at De Montfort University, warns that the ICO's new habit of issuing big fines could backfire
British Airways faces £183m GDPR fine over last year's security breach
British Airways faces record fine for data breach - the first to be levied under GDPR
Met police face enforcement order over data request handling
The ICO has given Met officials until September to implement appropriate measures
London Borough of Newham fined £145,000 over gang members' data leak
Incidents of gang violence, including murder, increased in the aftermath of the Newham Council data breach
Cambridge Analytica parent fined £15,000 for non-compliance with ICO
SCL Elections breached the Data Protection Act by ignoring an enforcement issue
When will the ICO use the maximum GDPR fines available?
With Facebook fined a paltry pre-GDPR sum, and the ICO traditionally reluctant to use its powers to the full, is there a danger that organisations will take data security less seriously?
Facebook/Cambridge Analytica 'the canary in the coalmine of a new Cold War', says whistleblower Wylie
Whistleblowers, journalists and the ICO addressed the European Parliament on Monday
ICO targets UKIP in use of political data investigation
Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham confirms that she has formally demanded information from the political party, and that it has appealed the notice to the Information Rights Tribunal
Google's DeepMind signs deal with Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Five-year deal for DeepMind's Streams app follows controversy about transfer of sensitive patient data
Greater Manchester Police fined £150,000 for losing victim interview videos in the post
Three DVDs, which showed victims talking openly about crimes they had suffered, have never been found
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