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Firm faces possible fine under GDPR after data breach went undetected Dixons Carphone faces further woes as its full-year earnings were hit, as it battle against the backlash of a serious cyber breach revealed last week. Falling gross profits and Read More …
A number of high-profile US news websites are temporarily unavailable in Europe after new European Union rules on data protection came into effect. The Chicago Tribune and LA Times were among those posting messages saying they were currently unavailable in Read More …
Data privacy has become a topic of critical concern among tech and business leaders, following revelations that Cambridge Analytica harvested the data of some 87 million Facebook users to build targeted political content. However, Cambridge Analytica is only one of perhaps many Read More …
If a new European law restricting what companies can do with people’s online data went into effect tomorrow, almost 1.9 billion Facebook users around the world would be protected by it. But the online social network is making changes that Read More …
The internet supervisory body says it will continue to press for a moratorium on GDPR enforcement while it works to makes changes The European Commission’s data protection advisory body has said it continues to have “concerns” about plans to bring Read More …
Brexit means Brexit, according to the prime minister, but with little more than a year until 29 March 2019 — the date the UK is due to depart the European Union — there are still many questions to be answered Read More …
Tech firms said they welcome the government’s latest data protection plans, which could see an ongoing EU-level role for Britain’s information commissioner UK technology ndmpanies have welcomed a commitment by the government to seek a broader role for Britain in Read More …
Under half of businesses are aware of upcoming data protection laws they’ll be subject to in just four months’ time — or what the new legislation means for how information security is handled. A lack of awareness about the forthcoming Read More …
More data records have been lost or stolen during the first half of 2017 (1.9 billion) than all of 2016 (1.37 billion). Digital security company Gemalto’s Breach Level Index (PDF), published Wednesday, found that an average of 10.4 million records Read More …
The recent financial pressures as a result of the oil downturn have left cyber security functions for many firms within the oil and gas sector considerably underfunded and out of date. This has the potential to create a wealth of Read More …
