According to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO, the UK government’s Home Office has been responsible for more than 20 data breaches a month in the administration of the EU settlement scheme, including losing passports and sending ID cards to wrong addresses.Read More
The European court of Human Rights has ruled that a man convicted of a drink-driving whose DNA profile was held indefinitely by police had his privacy rights breached.Read More
A UK local authority has suffered a cyber-attack, leaving more than 135,000 residents without vital online services. Accoding to a cyber-security expert the incident had all the hallmarks of a ransomware attack, in which files are scrambled until a ransom is paid.Read More
UK local council websites have been showing high-interest credit card ads to people seeking benefits advice. A recent investigation by the BBC discovered more than 950 advertising cookies embedded in council benefits pages.Read More
UK cybersecurity company Avast has announced the closure of Jumpshot —the analytics business caught up in a data privacy scandal. The move is expected to put hundreds of jobs at risk, as well as a further drop in its share price.Read More
Police involment in a private landlord's facial recognition trial has led a regulator to call for government intervention. BBC Radio 4's File on 4 has learned that South Yorkshire Police shared three photos of serious offenders and one of a vulnerable missing person with Sheffield's Meadowhall shopping centre.Read More
Social media giant Facebook warned EU regulators earlier this week against forcing big tech companies to open up their vast troves of data to rivals, claiming that such a move would carry significant risks to privacy and liability.Read More
It has been six years since Edward Snowden blew the lid off the National Security Agency (NSA) when he copied and leaked highly classified information, before fleeing the U.S. So, what has changed? …Read More
With electioneering in full swing in the UK, political parties have been given a stark warning by the country’s data privacy watchdog that they will be keeping a beady eye on their General Election campaigning activity to ensure it stays within the law.Read More
