- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- December 7th, 2012
UK Court Orders Bank Employee to Pay Fine for Illegally Accessing Statements
The ICO believes that those who commit such crimes should be sent to prison
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Eduard Kovacs
- November 26th, 2012
UK’s ICO Publishes Anonymization Code of Practice
Data anonymization must be done properly in order to avoid incidents
- Incidents
- By Eduard Kovacs
- November 6th, 2012
ICO Issues £50,000 ($79,000) Fine to Prudential for Customer Account Mix-Up
The agency wants to send a message to all organizations
- Incidents
- By Eduard Kovacs
- October 17th, 2012
Manchester Police Fined for Exposing Details of 1,000 People Linked to Investigations
A Civil Monetary Penalty of £150,000 ($241,000 or 184,000 EUR) was imposed
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- October 1st, 2012
ICO Set to Fine Two Marketers Responsible for Sending Out Millions of Spam Texts
Here's a video in which Director of Operations Simon Entwisle details spam calls and texts
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 27th, 2012
ICO to Businesses: You Are Responsible for Data Even If It’s Passed to the Cloud
The ICO has released a guide for companies that want to use cloud services
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- August 20th, 2012
ICO to Investigate Online Security Practices of Tesco
The buzz caused by the findings of an expert have drawn the attention of authorities
- Google News
- By Lucian Parfeni
- July 6th, 2012
UK Data Privacy Official Joined Google After the Street View Investigation
The official was working with the ICO during the investigation but has now switched sides
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 5th, 2012
ICO 2011/12 Report: Monetary Penalties and Fight Against Illegal Marketing Calls
The fines issued by the organization add up to $3.1 million (2.5 million EUR)
- Google News
- By Lucian Parfeni
- June 13th, 2012
UK Regulator Re-Opens Google Street View Investigation
Google has revealed several more documents from the FCC investigation
- Hacking News
- By Eduard Kovacs
- May 15th, 2012
Theresa May MP, ICO and UK Supreme Court Sites Attacked by Hacktivists
The hackers protest against the monitoring law, extraditions and much more
- Advisories
- By Eduard Kovacs
- April 25th, 2012
ICO: Many Fail to Delete Personal Data Before Selling Storage Devices
If not removed, the data can be misused by fraudsters
- Data Breaches
- By Eduard Kovacs
- April 17th, 2012
Toshiba Exposes Details of Competition Participants, Flaw Blamed
The flaw was in the incremental numbering of competition entrants registration URL
- Games Blog
- By Andrei Dumitrescu
- February 7th, 2012
Incoming 2012: The Last Guardian
A personal game about feelings that might never come out
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 2nd, 2012
UK Met Police Shares 1,000 E-mail Addresses, Human Error Blamed
You can easily share information by mistake if you're not careful
- Games Blog
- By Andrei Dumitrescu
- December 6th, 2011
Fumito Ueda Confirms The Last Guardian Is Still in Development
Developer does not clarify his own role going forward
- Data Breaches
- By Eduard Kovacs
- November 28th, 2011
UK Councils Receive Monetary Penalties After Mixing Up Email Recipients
An employee sent information to the wrong address five times