Data

PHE will retain the data it collects via the NHS Test and Trace programme for 20 years

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252483792/Public-Health-England-to-keep-contact-tracing-data-for-20-years

Marking two years of the General Data Protection Regulation, industry voices weigh in on the state of data protection and privacy, consider what has changed, and what still needs to change

https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/GDPR-at-two-How-far-weve-come-how-far-we-still-have-to-go

Privacy campaigner Max Schrems has urged the European Commission to intervene after the Irish Data Protection Commission allegedly used ‘Kafkaesque’ tactics to delay investigations into Facebook’s compliance with GDPR

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252483668/Schrems-accuses-Ireland-of-Kafkaesque-delay-in-Facebook-GDPR-investigation

When it comes to understanding the value of data, organizations need to realize that sensitive information is gold dust.

https://www.businesschief.com/leadership/8715/PCI-DSS-compliance-can-help-with-security-dont-ignore-it

Health secretary claims existing data protection law is good enough to guarantee the security of contact-tracing data

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252483536/Hancock-to-Harman-No-contact-tracing-privacy-law

Labour has demanded an investigation by the government into the data breach by outsourcing firm Serco that saw the email addresses of almost 300 coronavirus contact tracers accidentally shared.

https://labourlist.org/2020/05/labour-demands-investigation-of-data-breach-by-outsourcing-firm-serco/

Human Rights Committee Chair Harriet Harman says current data protection law is not up to the job of governing the data collected by the Covid-19 contact-tracing app

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252483355/GDPR-wholly-inappropriate-to-govern-contact-tracing-data

National Cyber Security Centre has received mountains of feedback on the security of the government’s Covid-19 contact-tracing app, and has now taken the step of making multiple disclosures

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252483418/NCSC-discloses-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-contact-tracing-app

Action Fraud has been made aware by the National Cyber Security Centre of the cyber breach affecting EasyJet customers. We’re currently monitoring our system for EasyJet related reports to see if there has been a significant increase.

https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/alert/how-to-protect-yourself-if-you-think-youve-been-affected-by-the-easyjet-cyber-breach

EasyJet has admitted that a "highly sophisticated cyber-attack" has affected approximately nine million customers.