Data

In just under a month, the EU will introduce a new privacy law that gives Europeans new data protection rights and threatens giant fines for organisations that do not comply.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43907689

Next month a new law will make the consequences of failing to protect personal data for banks and others far more serious.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43657546

With loss of personal data being named as the highest risk, and with businesses saying they do not always carry out the necessary rigorous security auditing, there is an opportunity to change and manage potential data breach threats.

https://www.experian.co.uk/blogs/latest-thinking/identity-and-fraud/data-breach-four-key-risks-consider-partnering-third-party-suppliers/

A core theme of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR), which is to keep consumer interests front of mind at all times, mirrors sound fundamental advice for all companies.

http://experian.co.uk/assets/gdpr/brochures/defining-the-data-powered-future.pdf

Facebook is among 30 organisations under investigation by the UK’s privacy watchdog for misusing personal data for political and other purposes

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252438469/Facebook-among-30-organisations-under-investigation-by-the-ICO

Elizabeth Denham’s speech at the Data Protection Practitioners’ Conference

https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-and-events/news-and-blogs/2018/04/data-protection-practitioners-conference-2018/

The social media giant said AggregateIQ (AIQ) may have improperly received users' data.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-43680969

The response to Facebook’s data exploitation scandal, which involves the data of nearly 1.1 million Britons out of a total of 87 million users affected, has demonstrated that data protection and privacy are now more important to the UK public than ever before

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252438564/Facebook-data-scandal-a-game-changer-says-ICO

The man, who has not been named due to reporting restrictions surrounding the case, wanted search results about a past crime he had committed removed from the search engine.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-43752344

Employees emerged yet again as a major cyber-risk to organizations last year, accounting for 28% of breaches with human error a major factor contributing to data loss, according to Verizon.

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/insiders-blamed-for-over-quarter