A former employee of a Milton Keynes hospital trust has been prosecuted for accessing patient records without authorisation. Michelle Harrison of Milton Keynes, inappropriately accessed the records of 12 patients outside of her role as receptionist/general assistant in the Orthotics Department at Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust between March 2016 and January 2017. […]
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GDPR and the financial services sector: ready? set? go?
Few industries are as heavily regulated as financial services, but with limited resources, competing pressures and the data challenges presented by legacy infrastructure – just how ready will be the sector be by May 25th? What do the statistics say? Whilst many people are becoming increasingly cognisant and concerned about their personal data, and how […]
Five reasons why small firms need to take the GDPR seriously
Personal data is essential to modern businesses. It has been described as “the new oil”. How companies handle, use, and market themselves through the use of personal data, is essential. However, there is a new regulation coming into force on 25th May that changes the rules in relation to personal data. The General Data Protection […]
Please do not feed the phish
We’ve all heard the phishing attack stories that start with someone receiving an email that requests an urgent invoice review or password change and ends with a data breach where personal information is compromised, and money is lost. Although many of us may roll our eyes at the possibility of falling for such an obvious […]
Where are you in your GDPR journey?
At first glance, it may seem strange to be asking you where you are in your GDPR journey when enforcement for the regulation begins on May 25 — which is now less than 50 days away. After all, GDPR was approved way back in April 2016, and here at IBM we’ve been talking and blogging […]
West Yorkshire firms fined for nuisance calls to TPS subscribers
Two firms in West Yorkshire have been fined by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for calling people registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS). Bradford-based Energy Saving Centre Ltd, which offers services such as replacement windows and doors and guttering, made seven million calls over a seven month period without screening them against the TPS […]
GDPR Summit London: James McDowell, Director of CyberSecurity Services, Blackberry
Blackberry’s Director of CyberSecurity Services, James McDowell will be sharing his views as a keynote speaker at next week’s GDPR Summit London. James will be among a number of industry leaders bringing their expertise to the conference at 155 Bishopsgate on Monday, which is designed to help organisations understand the requirements of the forthcoming General […]
An Experian data breach response guide
Data Breaches are one aspect of GDPR that organisations fear the most. The consequences of a breach could lead to reputational damage and significant fines. Jim Steven, Head of Data Breach Services at Experian, will be speaking at GDPR Summit London on Monday (23rd April). Mr Steven will discuss ‘HR best practice and mitigating risk’ which will cover: data […]
What does the GDPR mean for the digital advertising industry?
Programmatic advertising uses numerous sources of data and its success lies in being able to take that data and use it intelligently to deliver relevant, personalised ads to a brand’s target audience. In turn, the advertising budgets those brands spend directly supplement the free content and services that individuals learn from, enjoy and use to […]
Businesses at risk due to unidentified network traffic according to global survey
New findings of a global survey, revealed that IT managers cannot identify 45 percent of their organization’s network traffic. In fact, nearly one-in-four cannot identify 70 percent of their network traffic. The survey ‘The Dirty Secrets of Network Firewalls’ by Sophos, found that the lack of visibility creates significant security challenges for today’s businesses and […]