The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) is taking Facebook to court over a serious infringement of the privacy of more than 300,000 Australians.Read More
It has been revealed that the personal information of 900,000 Virgin Media customers was left unprotected, when a marketing database was accidentally left online for 10 months.Read More
Health and beauty retail giant Boots has suspended payments using loyalty points in shops and online after attempts to break into customers' accounts using stolen passwords. Customers will not be able to use Boots Advantage Card points to pay for products while the issue is dealt with.Read More
10,000 passengers have had their email addresses and travel details exposed while using free wi-fi at UK railway stations. Network Rail and service provider C3UK both confirmed the incident three days after being contacted by BBC News about the matter.Read More
The offices of Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado were raided last Friday, as part of an investigation into possible data privacy violations by the government.Read More
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
Search giant Google has issued a warning to Huawei device owners urging them not to bypass the ban on Google apps affecting newer Huawei cellphones.Apparently, recent Huawei devices are unable to download the Google Play app store or hugely popular apps such as Gmail, YouTube, or Google Maps. However, Android phones allow users to install...Read More
A U.S. agency responsible for the security of communications for the White House suffered a cyber-attack, exposing the personal data of about 200,000 people. The affected data includes names and social security numbers.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
