UK’s data watchdog to shift away from big fines to focus on prevention ICO The UK’s data watchdog has vowed to shift away from simply hitting companies with big fines for breaching data privacy rules and instead will look to adopt a more preventative approach. John Edwards, head of the Information Commissioner’s Office, said today that he will focus on preventing data breaches from happening in the first place [...]
UK and US make ‘significant progress’ on data partnership as Biden pens EU wide deal uk and usa The government said it has made “significant progress” in securing a new tech and data partnership with the US. It comes as Digital Secretary Michelle Donelan met with US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo earlier today to work on a new data adequacy agreement in the coming weeks. Data adequacy agreements allow personal data to [...]
TikTok could face £27m fine over children’s privacy allegations TikTok TikTok is facing a possible £27m fine over claims it may have broken UK data protection law and failed to protect children’s privacy. The Information Commissioner (ICO) handed the social media platform a ‘notice of intent’ over alleged breaches between May 2018 and 2020. The investigation discovered TikTok may have processed children’s data without the [...]
‘Brexit’s biggest rewards’: New data bill makes way through parliament September 5, 2022 New data reforms, which digital secretary Nadine Dorries reckons will be “one of Brexit’s biggest rewards”, is set to be debated in parliament today. Under the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill, firms will be given the flexibility to protect personal data in more proportionate ways rather than forcing them to follow the same processes [...]
Identity theft-driven data breaches costing Brits close to £4bn a year August 10, 2022 Data breaches driven by identity theft have been costing the UK near £4bn every year for almost a decade as fraud in the country rises. Over 28m data breaches have occurred every year since 2013 at a cost of £3.7bn per year, with more than 140m files compromised, data by ID verification checks provider Credas [...]
UK data watchdog plots regulation that cuts shackles of the EU regime July 14, 2022 The UK's data protection watchdog laid out its three-year strategy to safeguard the information rights and depart from the shackles of the EU's GDPR framework.
UK fails to define clear data reform strategy despite claiming EU complexity departure May 10, 2022 In an attempt to cut European Union red tape once and for all, the government are pushing forward with its Data Reform Bill.
Ministers clamp down on data stealing and poorly developed apps May 4, 2022 People downloading apps to smartphones, games consoles and TVs will be better protected from hackers under new government plans to boost security standards. A new report on the threats in app stores published today by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has shown that people’s data and money are at risk because of fraudulent apps [...]
More than 300 data breach whistleblower reports received by regulatory body March 21, 2022 The regulatory body dealing with data breaches has received more than 300 whistleblower reports in the last year, a leading law firm has claimed. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) was told of 309 instances of breaches from employees, over alleged failure to protect information. RPC, the law firm which aired concerns, says some of the reports [...]
EU aims to tighten data curbs on non-EU governments February 3, 2022 New European law will start requiring cloud services, like Amazon and Microsoft, to set up safeguards against illegal data transfers to non-EU governments, as the EU continues to rein in US tech giants. According to reports by Reuters, the European Commission’s Data Act, which is set to be published at the end of this month, [...]