New research from Irdeto revealed that Internet of Things (IoT) attacks cost UK businesses an average of £244,000 last year. The Dutch Security vendor conducted research on IT security decision makers at UK organisations in sectors including health, transport and manufacturing. It was revealed IoT devices cost the UK economy over £1 billion each year. […]
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DPO 200: Recognising data protection professionals from across Europe
The Data Protection sector has experienced widespread change of regulatory and technology developments, particularly over the last 12 months following the enforcement of GDPR. GDPR celebrates its one year anniversary tomorrow, May the 25th 2018. The DPO 200, sponsored by OneTrust, in association with the GDPR Institut, recognises and celebrates individuals who have made significant […]
Facebook cryptocurrency ‘GlobalCoin’ to be launched in 2020
The cryptocurrency will be launched in early 2020 allowing users to make digital payments in 12 countries. Dubbed ‘GlobalCoin’, the cryptocurrency would enable users to change dollars and other international currency into digital coins. Facebook aims to provide users an efficient way for people to send and receive money regardless of whether users have a […]
GDPR:Report Weekly Roundup
Each week, GDPR:Report presents the top 5 headlines from the week’s news and upcoming events in the data protection industry. This week marks the first anniversary of the introduction of GDPR, and hackers can now steal your identity through your coffee machine. Happy Birthday, GDPR! Saturday 25th May 2019 marks the one year anniversary of […]
SurveyMonkey data centre advances cloud operations in Europe
74% of UK residents care that their data is stored in the European Union, according to SurveyMonkey’s latest research on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Global survey software company, SurveyMonkey has announced the launch of a European data centre that will be available this month to new enterprise customers. The public cloud infrastructure enables […]
Citibank Hong Kong has been fined HK$10,000
Citibank Hong Kong has been found guilty of violating the Personal Data Privacy Ordinance (PDPO). The bank plead guilty to committing a direct marketing offence involving violating the PDPO. The bank failed to comply with a requirement from a data subject who requested to cease using his personal data in direct marketing. The Privacy Commissioner […]
Billions of Facebook profiles have been removed
In its latest “enforcement report”, Facebook revealed that between October 2018 and March 2019, more than 3 billion fake accounts have been removed. Facebook estimated that 5% of monthly active accounts are fake. It was also explained that the significant increase in deleting fake accounts was due to “bad actors who attempt to create large […]
London Underground will start tracking passengers through Wi-Fi
Following a trial in 2016, Transport for London (TfL) will roll out Wi-Fi tracking on the London Underground. In a press release TfL announced that “secure, privacy-protected data collection will begin on 8 July 2019” with improved customer services such as alerts about delays and congestion within stations. TfL also stated that individual customer data […]
UK political parties are failing to protect their members
A security vendor has revealed that UK political parties are failing miserably on email security, ahead of the European elections. It has been discovered that UK political parties participating in the European Parliament elections have a poor take-up of the DMARC protocol. Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance (DMARC) is a solution best utilised to […]
The UK have warned 16 NATO allies of Russian hacking activities
Over the last 18 months, the UK have given warnings about Russian global hacking campaigns targeting government networks and critical infrastructure. Jeremy Hunt, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in a speech at the National Cyber Security Centre said: “I can disclose that in the last 18 months, the National Cyber Security Centre has […]