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The International Committee of the Red Cross is probing a cyber attack that has already seen the personal data of hundreds of thousands of the world’s most vulnerable people compromised
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252512225/Data-of-515000-vulnerable-people-stolen-in-Red-Cross-attack
Besides multiple disclosed data breaches, department was also affected by two ransomware attacks
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252511731/Ministry-of-Justice-caught-up-in-multiple-cyber-incidents
The ICO has published an executive summary of its findings and recommendations following its audit of the NHS Test and Trace programme (NHS T&T) in summer 2021.
https://ico.org.uk/media/action-weve-taken/audits-and-advisory-visits/4019279/executive-summary-of-the-nhs-test-and-trace-audit-report.pdf
John Edwards has been appointed Information Commissioner from 3 January 2022 by Letters Patent.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/john-edwards-is-confirmed-as-the-new-information-commissioner
The growing cyber risk to corporate systems and data is spurring a rise in compensation claims made by, or on behalf of individuals, according to analysis conducted by Pinsent Masons.
https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/heightened-cyber-risk-data-subject-claims
Businesses should be given an opportunity to avoid enforcement action for breaches of UK data protection law by proactively outlining the remedial actions they are taking to address those breaches when reporting them to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), an expert has said.
https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/lawyers-back-uk-data-protection-law-voluntary-undertakings-process
Consumer groups are free to launch claims against data controllers under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in national courts, according to the opinion of an advocate general of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU).
https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/consumer-groups-can-launch-gdpr-claims-eu-advocate-general
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated digital transformation projects, with surging amounts of data fuelling automation and artificial intelligence (AI) programmes for businesses from a wide range of sectors.
https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/analysis/gaining-a-competitive-advantage-through-data-ethics
There were a wide range of data breaches in October that took place across various sectors both locally and internationally.
https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/associate-news/october-2021-data-breach-roundup
Data on Labour Party members was recently compromised in an apparent cyber attack on a third-party data processor
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252508998/UKs-Labour-Party-hit-by-third-party-data-breach
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