Data

Npower customers will have to log in to their accounts on its website after its app was withdrawn following a security breach

The publication of two draft data adequacy decisions brings the UK closer to a final positive decision, which will enable the continued free flow of data between the EU and the UK if green-lit by member states

Data protection experts discuss the consequences of achieving data adequacy between the UK and EU for the UK’s intelligence services and criminal justice sector

New year, new data breaches! 2021 has barely begun and there is already a growing list of significant data breaches that have come to light, with implications for huge numbers of members of the public whose sensitive personal data may have been exposed.

UK-based financial services companies compelled to share information about customers or staff with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) can do so without breaching UK data protection law, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has confirmed.

Data protection claim filed in London against social media giant for its alleged failure to give at least one million users in England and Wales meaningful control over their personal data

Damage from data breaches goes far beyond the impact to the target organisation – an obvious fact that is too often overlooked, says F-Secure

Investigators have unearthed 16,000 data records that seem to have been stolen in an attack on property firm Foxtons last year, but the organisation says it acted by the book in dealing with the incident

Norway’s data protection authority plans to apply a fine totalling 10% of LGBTQ+ dating app Grindr’s revenues over its data sharing practices

You can improve your cyber security by taking six actions:

• ·         Use a strong and separate password for your email
• ·         Create strong passwords using 3 random words
• ·         Save your passwords in your browser
• ·         Turn on two-factor authentication (2FA)
• ·         Update your devices
• ·         Back up your data