• Cyber attacks on UK businesses drop by 9%, says DCMS survey

  The instances of businesses getting hit by cyber attacks or breaches in the UK have...
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• Cifas urges firms to vet applicants, employees to tackle data breach

  Cifas, a fraud prevention service in the UK, has urged companies to strengthen their internal...
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• ICO bares teeth and slaps maximum £500,000 fine on Facebook for failing to protect users’ personal information

  Just six days after it hired Nick Clegg as its head of global affairs, Facebook is facing a further risk…
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• GLA Conservatives argue AI has potential to “revolutionise” policing at the Met

  A report by Greater London Authority Conservatives has argued that introducing artificial intelligence (AI) could help solve many of the…
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• Child sexual abuse inquiry fined £200K by ICO: for bulk email that identified possible victims of child sexual abuse

  They say sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined the Independent Inquiry into Child…
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• ICO marks GDPR debut with launch of ‘Your Data Matters’ awareness campaign

  Long term campaign is intended to help people understand why their data matters and how...
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• ICO: new laws, tools and rights allow people to take back control of their personal data

  Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham says our desire to book a flight, update our browser, or...
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• ICO lands University of Greenwich with £120K fine for “serious data breach”

  Fine followed what the ICO described as a “serious” security breach involving the personal data...
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