Website vulnerability leads to £60k ICO fine
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) (the UK’s “data regulator”) has fined a small video game rental company £60,000 after failing to take basic action to … Read more
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ICO issues fine for email marketing breach
The ICO has issued a fine to Morrison Supermarkets for sending marketing consent emails to over 130k email addresses where the subjects had previously opted-out … Read more
When B2B data is personal data and what that means with the GDPR
Data protection in the UK is changing thanks to the European General Data Protection Regulation (the GDPR). Just like the Data Protection Act 1998 the … Read more
Updated SME toolkit and 12 Steps from ICO
On Thursday the ICO launched an updated data protection toolkit for SMEs and a relaunch to its “12 steps to take to prepare for GDPR” … Read more
ICO says no time to delay in preparing for GDPR
On Thursday, with just one year to go, the Information Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham produced a video addressing boardrooms about the need to prepare for “the biggest … Read more
One Year to go: The Road to GDPR Compliance
A year today (on the 25th May 2018) the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into force in the UK (and across Europe) and replace the UK’s … Read more
NHS cyber-attack shows no one is immune
A new cyber-attack has made headline news this evening (Friday 12th May). The ransomware attack on the NHS has impacted a number of hospitals and … Read more
ICO fines FlyBe and Honda over direct marketing issues
The ICO have issued a couple of fines relating to direct marketing offences. Of most interest will be the Honda fine. Honda contacted a number … Read more
Five steps to GDPR Readiness
In case you’ve missed it, there’s just over a year until the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the EU’s new data protection rules that will … Read more
What does the Great Repeal Bill mean for data protection?
On 2nd February the UK Government published it’s white paper setting out the 12 principles which will guide the UK’s exit from the EU (Brexit). The … Read more