Privacy group Big Brother Watch (BBW) has warned that the use of facial recognition technology across public spaces is becoming more widespread.It was revealed recently that hundreds of thou...
read morePricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is the first of the “Big 4” to be fined under GDPR.The Greek Data Protection Authority (DPA) recently fined the audit group €150,000 for wrongly using “...
read moreThe GDPR, which went into effect in May 2018, is one of the most comprehensive data protection laws in the world. The CCPA’s impact is expected to be huge, given California’s status as the f...
read moreThe Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) have raised concerns over Facebook’s plans to launch their new digital currency, Libra.The UK’s data watchdog has joined forces with an inte...
read moreUniversity of Oxford-based researcher James Pavur contacted UK and US-based firms to test how they would handle a "right of access" request made in someone else's name.For the purposes of hi...
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read moreLondon based educational software maker Pearson, has revealed that thousands of school and university accounts have been compromised due to a data breach.Users of the accounts, mostly in the...
read moreSky customers have been told to change their passwords after a possible data breach.EmailThe company has sent out emails to customers across the UK urging them to reset their passwords a...
read moreCyber criminals have hacked popular food delivery app Deliveroo.The hackers have been breaking into customers’ accounts and ordering fast food without their permission.Accounts holders...
read morePersonal student data has been stolen in a data breach at Lancaster University.The “sophisticated and malicious” cyber-attack was discovered last Friday and an incident team was set up t...
read moreThere’s a new feature on Facebook called ‘Page Transparency’.The tech giant says it has introduced this new feature to increase accountability and transparency of pages.To access t...
read morePopular messaging service Slack is to reset the user passwords for thousands of customers after a historic data breach.Around one percent of all Slack users are thought to be affected by the...
read moreThe AI powered FaceApp has taken social media by storm over the past couple of days.Facebook, Twitter and Instagram feeds have been bombarded with altered photos of people, showing how they ...
read moreGerman schools have barred the use of cloud-based Microsoft Office 365 software following fears over data privacy.Schools in the state of Hesse have been told they can longer use it after th...
read moreAmerican authorities have approved a $5 billion fine against Facebook over the sharing of data with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica. The Justice Department is now expecte...
read moreThe Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has issued British Airways with a huge penalty after the personal details of more than 500,000 customers were stolen from its website and app.The ...
read moreThe Tory Party leadership race has been blighted by claims of data breaches after Jeremy Hunt supporters were “spammed” with unsolicited emails asking for their support.Amid allegations ...
read morePopular video-sharing app TikTok is being investigated for possible data breaches over the handling of personal data.In particular, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is looking a...
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