- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- November 27th, 2018
Uber Gets Over $1 Million Fine for Not Telling Clients, Watchdogs of Data Breach
Data breach exposed customers and drivers personal data
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- November 26th, 2018
Companies Get £250,000 Fine From ICO for Almost 2 Million Unsolicited Calls
Nuisance calls were made to numbers registered with the TPS
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- November 22nd, 2018
Facebook Appeals £500,000 Cambridge Analytica Penalty Imposed by UK Watchdog
The social network harvested the data of 87 million users
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- November 12th, 2018
First ICO Computer Misuse Act Prosecution Gets NARS Employee Six Months in Jail
He accessed thousands of records without permission
- Web / Internet Life
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- October 25th, 2018
Facebook Gets £500,000 Fine from ICO for Cambridge Analytica Data Scandal
The fine is the maximum allowed by the law
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- January 26th, 2016
Retailers Are Tracking Shoppers via Smartphone WiFi Signatures
ICO sounds the alarm on the increased usage of WiFi location tracking among brick-and-mortar retailers
- Online Surveillance
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 3rd, 2015
The Internet Doesn't Discriminate, Collects Huge Amounts of Data on Your Kids as Well
67% of children apps and websites collect data on kids
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- May 18th, 2015
South Wales Police Loses Victim Video Interview, Incurs £160,000 Fine
Police force asked to sign undertaking for implementing policies that would prevent similar incidents
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- February 27th, 2015
Insurance Firm Fined £175,000 for Card Data Breach
Company website relied on vulnerable software for years
- Incidents
- By Ionut Ilascu
- January 8th, 2015
UK-Based Optical Express Warned to Stop Sending SMS Spam
Customers did not consent to company using their personal information in any sort of marketing campaigns
- Advisories
- By Ionut Ilascu
- November 20th, 2014
ICO Warns About Russian Website Streaming Content from Insecure IP Cameras
Work is being carried out to take the website down
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- November 5th, 2014
Encrypted Payment Data of over 3,800 Leaked Along with Decryption Key
Organizations urged to protect against SQL injection attacks
- Security Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 28th, 2014
Over 677,000 Racing Post Accounts Compromised in 2013 Breach
No financial information compromised, only email addresses and phone numbers
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 26th, 2014
Lost Hard Drive Exposes Organized Crime Details, UK Ministry of Justice Fined
Information on about 3,000 inmates exposed by the incident
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Eduard Kovacs
- May 12th, 2014
UK ICO Highlights Top 8 Vulnerabilities That Lead to Data Breaches
SQL Injection, lack of updates, and failure to encrypt communications are among them
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- April 18th, 2014
ICO Confirms It’s Investigating Virgin Media Email Incident
The agency is trying to determine if the Data Protection Act has been breached
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- April 15th, 2014
UK ICO Says Wirral and Wokingham Councils Breached Data Protection Act
Both organizations have promised to improve their practices