Data

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) today announced fines totalling £405,000 to five companies responsible for over 750,000 unwanted marketing calls targeted at older, vulnerable people. The ICO also issued these companies with enforcement notices that require them to immediately stop making these predatory calls.

https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-and-events/news-and-blogs/2022/03/ico-takes-action-against-companies-over-predatory-marketing-calls-targeting-elderly-vulnerable-people/

A massive leak from one of the world’s biggest private banks, Credit Suisse, has exposed the hidden wealth of clients involved in torture, drug trafficking, money laundering, corruption and other serious crimes.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/feb/20/credit-suisse-secrets-leak-unmasks-criminals-fraudsters-corrupt-politicians

It’s not yet clear how many customers have been affected, but highly sensitive information has been compromised

https://onthewight.com/wightlink-reveal-data-breach-of-customers-highly-sensitive-information/

Leading criminal law firm Tuckers has been fined £98,000 by the Information Commissioner after a ransomware attack that encrypted nearly a million files exploited its “negligent security practices”.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/top-criminal-law-firm-fined-98000-for-cyber-security-negligence

The search efforts businesses must make to meet data subject access requests (SARS) made under EU data protection law cannot be limited by what they consider to be proportionate, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has said.

https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/eu-guidance-on-data-subject-access-requests-clarifies-search-obligations

The High Court’s ruling in the case of Stadler v Currys is the latest in a series of positive judicial decisions for data controllers.

https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/analysis/stadler-v-currys-latest-data-controllers-high-court

The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined Tempcover £85,000 for sending almost 30m unsolicited text messages and emails over the course of a year.

https://www.insuranceage.co.uk/broker/7930646/ico-fines-tempcover-ps85000

The emergence on the dark web of passports, payslips and other personal documents belonging to contractors affected by the cyber attack and subsequent data breach at Parasol is prompting group actions and forcing some IT contractors to find out for themselves if their data has been compromised

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252513433/Parasol-data-breach-Frustrated-IT-contractors-dig-into-the-dark-web-in-search-of-their-data

In an email to contractors sent out earlier today, umbrella company confirmed some data had been accessed and shared online in the wake of last month’s suspected ransomware attack on its systems

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252513042/Umbrella-company-Parasol-confirms-data-breach-linked-to-cyber-attack-five-weeks-ago

Data on 4,142 children of serving armed forces personnel was exposed in a data breach at the Ministry of Defence

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252512676/Data-on-children-of-armed-forces-personnel-exposed-in-breach