- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- March 7th, 2014
British Pregnancy Advisory Service Fined After Being Breached by Anonymous Hacker
The organizations has been fined £200,000 ($335,000 / €241,500) for exposing customer data
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 11th, 2014
Northern Ireland’s Department of Justice Fined for Exposing Personal Information
The department auctioned a filing cabinet containing sensitive data
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 25th, 2014
British PIs Who Tricked Organizations into Handing over Personal Data Sentenced
They’ve been ordered to pay fines and prosecution costs
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 24th, 2014
British ICO Wants Cabinet Office to Respond Faster to FOI Requests
The Cabinet Office and two other organizations are being monitored for three months
- Spam Reports
- By Eduard Kovacs
- December 18th, 2013
Payday Loans Company First Financial Fined by UK ICO for SMS Spam
The company sent out millions of spam messages without requesting permission
- Games Blog
- By Andrei Dumitrescu
- December 17th, 2013
Ueda: The Last Guardian Is an Evolution of Ico and Shadow of the Colossus
The game does not have an official launch date or platform
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- November 25th, 2013
Better Together Campaign Sent Out 300,000 SMSs Without Obtaining Users’ Consent
The group signed an undertaking with the Information Commissioner’s Office
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- October 22nd, 2013
UK Ministry of Justice Fined for Exposing Details of over 1,000 Inmates
An inexperienced clerk sent out emails containing sensitive information
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- October 21st, 2013
International Agencies Team Up Against Caller Identification Spoofing
The agencies are from the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- October 9th, 2013
Payday Loans Company Prosecuted for Failing to Register with the UK ICO
All companies that process personal information must notify the ICO
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- October 7th, 2013
Expert Finds SSL Implementation Flaws on ICO’s Breach Reporting Website (Updated)
The site used a protocol that wasn’t deemed insecure several years ago
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 26th, 2013
Former Barclays Employee Fined for Illegally Accessing Customer Information
She handed out information to the customer's then partner
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 10th, 2013
UK's ICO Asks Government for Help Against Nuisance Calls
The agency wants to be able to hand out fines even to firms that don't make too many calls
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- August 30th, 2013
ICO Fines Aberdeen City Council for Serious Data Breach
The details of vulnerable children and their families ended up online
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- August 28th, 2013
ICO Shouldn’t Have Fined Scottish Borders Council, Judge Rules
The ICO had no legal grounds to fine the organization
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- August 23rd, 2013
London Council Fined by ICO for Exposing Personal Details of 2,000 People
The council only wanted to show statistics, but ended up publishing sensitive data
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- August 16th, 2013
Pump and Dump Spam Leverages the Name of UK’s ICO
Scammers are trying to convince users to buy shares in a company