Recent Breaches
GDPR breaches in 2019 lead to €402.6m in fines
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...
Major breach found in biometrics system used by banks, UK police and defence firms
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...
British Airways faces £183m fine over passenger data breach
ICO says personal data of 500,000 customers was stolen from website and mobile app British Airways is to be fined more than £183m by the Information Commissioner’s Office after hackers stole the personal data of half a million of the airline’s customers. The ICO said...
UK watchdog plans to fine Marriott £99m
The UK's data privacy regulator has said it plans to fine the US hotel group Marriott International £99.2m. The penalty relates to a data breach that resulted in about 339 million guests having had their personal details exposed. The incident is thought to date back...
Facebook will pay $5 billion fine for Cambridge Analytica data breaches
The Federal Trade Commission revealed the details of its $5 billion settlement with Facebook, saying it added new restrictions to the way the tech giant handles user data in hopes it will “change Facebook’s entire privacy culture.” “The $5 billion penalty against...
HMRC forced to delete five million voice files
The voice records of five million taxpayers are being deleted by the UK's tax authority, as the way they were collected broke privacy rules. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) failed to gain explicit consent from individuals before signing them up to the voice ID system...
Parenting brand Bounty fined £400k in ‘unprecedented’ data breach
Bounty, the pregnancy and parenting club, has been fined £400,000 for illegally sharing personal information belonging to more than 14 million people. The Information Commissioner’s Office found Bounty had breached the Data Protection Act by sharing 34.4 million...
Payment data stolen from thousands of Vision Direct customers
As many as 6,600 customers of online contact lens shop Vision Direct are at risk of having their personal details, including financial information, stolen in a November data breach. A total of 16,300 people were thought to be at risk of the breach, although 9,700 of...
Half a billion Marriott customers under threat in enormous data breach
As many as 500 million customers of hotel giant Marriott may have had their personal data compromised, and for an undisclosed number that could have include payment card numbers and expiry dates. The hotel chain said that those card numbers were encrypted with...