Data

Responding to a breach is not just about data, it is about taking care of, and protecting, customers

https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Customers-need-to-be-at-the-centre-of-GDPR-plans

British Airways has revealed its August 2018 data breach affected 185,000 more customers than first thought, bringing the total number of victims to more than 500,000.

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252451391/British-Airways-data-breach-worse-than-thought

Customers who made reward bookings using a payment card between 21 April and 28 July this year may be at risk

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/oct/25/british-airways-data-breach-185000-more-passengers-may-have-had-details-stolen

This week’s Court of Appeal decision that Morrisons was vicariously liable for a serious data breach by a disgruntled employee has got employers worried.

https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/morrisons-data-breach-liability-could-the-supermarket-have-done-more/

The Court of Appeal has upheld a verdict that could make employers vicariously liable for employees’ actions even if they had taken preventative steps and bore no criminal responsibility.

https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/law/court-of-appeal-upholds-surprising-morrisons-data-leak-ruling/5068043.article

The majority of businesses are not yet "fully compliant" with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), according to a survey carried out by the International Association of Privacy Professionals

https://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2018/october/gdpr-majority-of-businesses-still-to-fully-comply/

Businesses that breach UK data protection law or misuse personal information are not automatically obliged to pay compensation to people affected by that breach, the High Court in London has confirmed.

https://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2018/october/uk-data-protection-compensation-claim-fail/

Heathrow Airport has been fined £120,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office for "serious" data protection failings.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-45785227

Financial services companies, NHS bodies and recruitment companies are among 34 organisations that could be fined for failing to pay the new data protection fee

https://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2018/october/ico-enforces-data-protection-fee/

A Canadian analytics firm that worked for Vote Leave has received the UK's first formal notice under a key data law, the UK's data protection watchdog has confirmed.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-45589004