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Credit reference agency Equifax fined for data breach. GDPR

20 Sep, 2018

Credit reference agency Equifax fined £500,000 for security breach

Posted byDoLocal

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued credit reference agency Equifax Ltd with a £500,000 fine for failing to protect the personal information of up to 15 million UK citizens during a cyber attack in 2017. The incident, [...] Read More

19 Sep, 2018

79% of UK adult internet users have concern about aspects of going online

Posted byDoLocal

79% of UK adult internet users have concern(s) about aspects of going online 66% are concerned about CONTENT that people view, read or listen to online 58% are concerned about DATA / PRIVACY 55% are [...] Read More

Organisations to be more transparent - Cyber Security Survey

10 Sep, 2018

Organisations Need to be Transparent with People’s Personal Information

Posted byDoLocal

The Information Commissioner is reminding organisations to be transparent with people’s personal information, after a survey revealed trust and confidence in how organisations handle personal data is still low, despite an improvement across sectors. One [...] Read More

GDPR Fine for Email Marketing without permission consent

10 Sep, 2018

Marketing agency fined £60,000 for nuisance emails

Posted byDoLocal

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Everything DM Ltd (EDML), based in Stevenage, £60,000 for sending 1.42 million emails without consent. The investigation found that, between May 2016 and May 2017, the firm used [...] Read More

14 Aug, 2018

Is CCTV in taxis and private cabs legal? What about privacy rights?

Posted byDoLocal

CCTV cameras have become a part of our everyday lives, we go about our business largely unaware of them. They can serve as a valuable tool for security, crime prevention and detection. However, capturing a [...] Read More

Category: Privacy

Credit reference agency Equifax fined £500,000 for security breach

79% of UK adult internet users have concern about aspects of going online

Organisations Need to be Transparent with People’s Personal Information

Marketing agency fined £60,000 for nuisance emails

Is CCTV in taxis and private cabs legal? What about privacy rights?