Recent Breaches
Google’s GDPR fine may cost it more than just €50m – it will impact the tech industry too
written by Luke Graham at City A.M. Back in December, I wrote an article asking why, six months after the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) had come into force, we had not yet seen any major fines or punishments for firms that had misused or...
Radisson Hotel Group could be GDPR test case
Privacy watchers say the breach of personal data of members of the Radisson Hotel Group’s loyalty scheme could be an interesting test case for how the GDPR will be applied. The Radisson Hotel Group, comprising more than 1,400 hotels in more than 70 countries, has...
ICO issues maximum £500,000 fine to Facebook for failing to protect users’ personal information
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Facebook £500,000 for serious breaches of data protection law. In July, the ICO issued a Notice of Intent to fine Facebook as part of a wide ranging investigation into the use of data analytics for political...
Bupa fined after personal data of 500,000 customers offered for sale on dark web
Insurance Company Bupa has been fined £175,000 after an employee offered personal data of 547,000 customers for sale on the Dark Web. In particular, these details included names, dates of birth, email addresses and nationality accessed by employee who then attempted...
Adidas is warning millions of customers that their data may have been leaked in a security breach
Adidas announced on Thursday that an "unauthorised party" said it had gained access to certain customer data on its US website. The data that could have been impacted includes contact information, like addresses and email addresses, as well as login information, but...