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ICO Struggles To Get Website Back Online After ‘Bot Attack’

A suspected DDoS hit is causing the ICO problems

13 years ago

ICO Unlikely To Re-Probe Google Despite Street View Findings

The ICO looks set to let Google off again, even after findings show workers knew what they were doing when…

13 years ago

NHS Hit With Its First Data Breach Fine

An NHS body in Wales gets hit with a £70,000 fine after sensitive data is sent to the wrong patient

13 years ago

Infosec: Information Commissioner Denies Private Sector ‘Pussyfooting’

The commissioner tells TechWeekEurope there is no bias towards the private sector, despite figures that would suggest otherwise

13 years ago

Infosec: One In 10 Second-Hand Hard Drives Keep Personal Data

ICO research confirms the fact that valuable data is still on many hard drives even after they are supposedly wiped

13 years ago

Student Loans Company Red Faced Over Mass Email Blunder

The SLC sends out thousands of email addresses to the wrong people

13 years ago

ICO Slaps Cheshire East Council With £80,000 Fine

The Information Commissioner has fined Cheshire East council £80,000 for not properly protecting personal data

13 years ago

ICO To Crack Down On Rule Breakers In 2012

ICO says austerity is no excuse for flaunting its rules and warns companies not to cut corners in 2012

13 years ago

ICO Warns Of Location Privacy Issues

The ICO used a speech this week to warn that attention must be paid to individual's location privacy

13 years ago

Powys Gets Biggest ICO Fine Yet For DPA Breach

Powys County Council slammed for over-sharing child-protection case details

13 years ago

ICO Fines Councils For Breach

Some council staff don't know the difference between internal and external email, the ICO has found

13 years ago

Southwark Council Found Guilty Of Data Breach

ICO would have fined Southwark for losing records lost in a skip, if the case wasn't two years old

13 years ago

ICO Demands Jail Sentence For Web Gambling Sting

The Information Commissioner has fined a man for selling the personal details of online bingo players

13 years ago

Facebook Faces Irish Data Protection Probe

Facebook is bracing itself for a data protection audit in Ireland that could result in an £87,000 fine

13 years ago

ICO Censures Manchester Hospital For Data Breach

A Manchester hospital has lost information about patient treatments in the latest NHS data breach scandal

13 years ago

ICO Censures Lancashire Police For Data Breach

Lancashire Police, formerly the haunt of ex-Met boss Paul Stephenson, has been cited for breaching the DPA

13 years ago

ICO Warns Businesses Over Data Protection Audits

Private businesses are either refusing or are reluctant to undergo a data protection audit, the ICO says

13 years ago

ICO Warns NHS Over Ongoing Data Breaches

The ICO has censured five NHS organisations for data breaches and said it must do more to protect data

13 years ago

ICO Slaps Two Charities Over Data Breaches

Two charities breached data protection rules by failing to encrypt computer equipment that was then stolen

14 years ago

High Street Banks Flout Data Protection Rules

A study from the Which? Money has warned that British banks are regularly breaching data protection rules

14 years ago

ICO Slaps ACS:Law With £1,000 Data Breach Fine

The bad news continues for ACS:Law after the ICO issued it with a £1,000 fine for lax IT security

14 years ago

ICO To Investigate UK Effects Of Sony Data Breach

The Information Commissioner's Office is investigating Sony's data breach to see if there is a case to be answered

14 years ago

Spammers And Cold Callers Face £500,000 Fine

The Information Commissioner will be cracking down on unwanted email and phone marketing from 25 May

14 years ago

ICO Probes CEOP Over Unencrypted Data Breach

A breach at the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre has triggered an ICO investigation

14 years ago

M&S Customer Details Exposed In Epsilon Breach

The aftermath of the Epsilon breach is now reaching UK shores, with M&S customer data reportedly exposed

14 years ago

ICO Raps Local Council Over Lost Memory Stick

Cambridgeshire County Council has been found guilty of breaching the Data Protection Act after losing a memory stick

14 years ago

ICO Hits Two Councils With £150,000 Fine

Two councils have been hit with hefty fines for losing unencrypted laptops containing sensitive personal data

14 years ago

ICO Gets Tough On Information Access Laws

The Information Commissioner's Office has issued its first demand under the Freedom of Information Act

14 years ago

Information Commissioner Rejects MP’s Criticism

The Information Commissioner insists the Google WiSpy incident was handled correctly

14 years ago

ICO Named ‘Keystone Kops’ Over WiSpy Investigation

Members of the Information Commissioner's Office have been labelled as Keystone Kops by a Tory MP for their investigation of…

14 years ago