The European Commission, the body responsible for drafting proposals for new European legislation, has fined Apple €500 million and Meta €200 million for breaches of the Digital Markets Act. They found that Apple had breached its anti-steering obligations, and that Meta had breached its obligation to offer consumers the choice of a service which uses less of their personal data.
Following the discovery of an attempted hack, The Co-op have been forced to shut down parts of their IT system. On the 29th of April, a letter was sent out to members of staff that as part of measures taken to “keep systems safe”, access to some systems had been “pre-emptively withdrawn”. It is not expected that this’ll impact customers directly, with only back office and call centre services being slightly impacted.
The ICO have announced that law firm DPP Law Ltd have been fined £60,000 following a cyber attack in June 2022, that led to sensitive and personal data being published on the dark web.
The Information Commissioner’s Office have confirmed that software provider Advanced Computer Software Group Ltd (Advanced) have been fined £3 million over security failings that in 2022, led to a ransomware attack that disrupted critical NHS services and compromised the personal data of roughly 80 thousand patients.
The Government announced the introduction of the Data (Use and Access) Bill (DUA Bill) in the House of Lords on 23rd October 2024 – the first draft of Labour’s proposed changes to data protection law following the failure by the former Conservative Government to embed their Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (DPDI Bill) in law.
A Bedford-based security expert (PRIVACYHELPER) has raised concerns over the planned use of facial recognition software by Bedfordshire Police at this weekend’s River Festival.
Say ‘data protection’ or ‘privacy’ to most businesspeople, and their eyes roll. They know it’s important, they know they need to be on it, but it is so complex. But say those same words to Andy Chesterman, Managing Director of Bedford-based PrivacyHelper, and his eyes light up…
