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At Keller Lenkner UK, our expert data breach lawyers keep you up to date and informed with all the latest data breach and cybercrime news.

 
Labour Party Data Breach
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A quick guide to the Labour Party data breach

In November 2021, the Labour Party confessed to a membership database breach. In this quick guide, our expert data protection solicitors explain what happened, how members and former members are impacted, and what they should do to stay safe.

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Ardagh Data Breach

What do you need to know about the Ardagh data breach?

At Keller Lenkner UK, we have been contacted by many current and former Ardagh employees who want to make a compensation claim for the data privacy failure. If you are thinking about making an Ardagh data breach compensation claim, here’s what you need to know.

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GDPR Breach

More information comes to light on huge medical data breach. Are you affected?

In November 2021, medical organisations across the UK were compromised when document management company Stor-a-File experienced a cyberattack.
In total, 13 organisations were affected, six of which are healthcare-related, when Stor-a-File was hacked. After Stor-a-File reportedly rejected a ransom of £3 million in Bitcoin, the criminals exposed very private and sensitive medical information online on the dark web.

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Blackbaud Data Breach

A quick guide to the Blackbaud data breach

In May 2020, over 100 educational, charitable, and third-sector organisations had their customer, donor, and membership data stolen. The breach happened when Blackbaud – a firm that provides administration, fundraising, and financial management software – was targeted by cybercriminals in a devastating cyber-attack. The hackers demanded a ransom in exchange for deleting the data, which Blackbaud paid.

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  • Home Office March 21, 2024
    An enforcement notice and a warning have been issued to the Home Office for failing to assess the privacy risks posed by the electronic monitoring of people arriving in the UK by unauthorised means. The ICO has been in discussion with the Home Office regarding its pilot to place ankle tags on, and track the […]
  • Dover Harbour Board March 15, 2024
    A reprimand is being issued to Dover Harbour Board in respect of the creation and use of a social media distribution group, initially created in WhatsApp but later migrated to Telegram. From the evidence provided to the ICO, the distribution groups were used by multiple UK police forces and international law enforcement agencies for the […]
  • Chief Constable of Kent Police March 15, 2024
    A reprimand is being issued to Kent Police in respect of an incident in February 2021 when a Kent Police officer took a photograph of an individual’s identity document using her personal mobile phone and uploaded the image onto Telegram, a social media application. From the evidence provided to the ICO, the Telegram distribution group […]
  • Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) March 13, 2024
    Within the London.gov.uk website, there was a webform to contact the London Victims’ Commissioner as well as other webforms. Between 11-14 November 2022, a member of GLA intended to give four members of MOPAC permission to the webforms. However, instead of granting permission to the four members of MOPAC, they made two web forms public. […]
  • Pinnacle Life Limited March 7, 2024
    Between 5 May 2021 to 5 May 2022, there were 47,998 connected calls unsolicited direct marketing calls being made to subscribers who were registered with the TPS and who had not notified Pinnacle Life Limited that they were willing to receive such calls, and four complaints being submitted as a result.
  • Pinnacle Life Limited March 7, 2024
    Between 5 May 2021 to 5 May 2022, there were 47,998 connected calls unsolicited direct marketing calls being made to subscribers who were registered with the TPS and who had not notified Pinnacle Life Limited that they were willing to receive such calls, and four complaints being submitted as a result.
  • Penny Appeal March 1, 2024
    The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued an Enforcement Notice to Penny Appeal, for sending 461,650 spam text messages over a ten day period. These messages were sent to a database of individuals who had never agreed to receive marketing communication from Penny Appeal.
  • Chief Constable West Midlands Police March 1, 2024
    A reprimand has been issued to West Midlands Police after the force repeatedly incorrectly linked and merged the records of two individuals with similar personal data. West Midlands Police failed to ensure the accuracy of the personal data of these two individuals, resulting in multiple incidents where officers attended a wrong address, including on one […]
  • Ministry of Defence February 26, 2024
    The MOD sent emails inadvertently using the “To” field rather than the “Bcc” field. 265 unique email addresses were disclosed in breach of GDPR Article 5(1)(f). The MOD were fined £350,000.