by Flowz | Nov 13, 2020 | Recent Breach
UK watchdog gives Experian nine-month ultimatum to change ‘illegal’ business practices or face punishment The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has ordered credit rating giant Experian to stop profiting from the secretive enriching and processing of...
by Flowz | Sep 18, 2020 | Recent Breach
Public Health Wales has confirmed a data breach which involved the personally identifiable data of Welsh residents who have tested positive for Covid-19. The incident, which was the result of individual human error, occurred on 30 August 2020 when the personal data of...
by Flowz | Jul 17, 2020 | GDPR Blog
Monday the 25th of May was the second anniversary of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coming into force in the European Union. GDPR is a law designed to give individuals greater control of their data. It means that organisations, both inside and outside...
by Flowz | Apr 24, 2020 | GDPR Blog
Amanda Evans, Head of PR at iCaaS, discusses the growing importance of data protection in the home working environment. Data protection compliance for organisations has been put to the test over the past couple of weeks as many employees settle into the...
by Flowz | Mar 29, 2020 | GDPR Blog
The ICO has published guidance for organisations wanting to develop GDPR Codes of Conduct or Certification schemes. Organisations can now submit their proposals to the ICO for approval. Ian Hulme, ICO Director of Regulatory Assurance, said: “I would encourage any...
by Flowz | Feb 26, 2020 | GDPR Blog
Cyber criminals are exploiting the public’s fear of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak in a new phishing scam, researchers have learned. Experts at IBM discovered a spate of phishing emails being sent to Japanese citizens, asking them to open an attached Word document...
by Flowz | Jan 21, 2020 | GDPR Blog
The old cliche runs that failing to prepare is preparing to fail. While many businesses may feel comfortable with their level of data protection compliance more than a year after GDPR, the reality is far more nuanced. Different parts of the regulation are designed to...
by Flowz | Dec 9, 2019 | Recent Breach
Enormous fines imposed for data breaches in 2019 prove that regulators have become severe about penalising companies and organisations that don’t adequately protect consumer information. According to PreciseSecurity.com research, the ten most significant GDPR breaches...
by Flowz | Oct 23, 2019 | Recent Breach
Fingerprints, facial recognition and other personal information from Biostar 2 discovered on publicly accessible database The fingerprints of over 1 million people, as well as facial recognition information, unencrypted usernames and passwords, and personal...
by Flowz | Oct 1, 2019 | GDPR Blog
Guidance and resources to help businesses and organisations better prepare for data protection compliance after a no-deal Brexit. This guidance is designed to help small to medium-sized UK businesses and organisations keep personal data flowing with Europe (the EEA)...
