The recent Northern Irish police data breach highlights the potentially catastrophic consequences of a data protection failure.
In our regular update, we provide a roundup of some of the data breaches and data breach news that occurred over the last few weeks.
Officers at the Metropolitan Police and Greater Manchester Police are said to be on high alert following a serious data protection breach. To ensure they do not fall victim to further attacks, anyone affected by the police data breach should be vigilant.
The security failure involves the IT systems of Digital ID in Stockport, a company which makes warrant cards and identification badges.
Partner and Head of Data and Privacy Litigation Kingsley Hayes and Dean Armstrong KC of Maitland Chambers comment on the EU’s Digital Markets Act
Fresca Group has reportedly experienced a data breach after a cyber security incident. Find out what happened in the Fresca data breach…
The Metropolitan Police has reportedly experienced a data breach after a cyber security incident. The breach happened after an unauthorised party gained access to the systems of one of the force’s suppliers.
Associate James Kelliher considers the main takeaways from the ICO’s action in the Farage/NatWest privacy dispute in Law360. James’s article was published in Law360 on 23 August
Partner and Head of Data and Privacy Litigation Kingsley Hayes comments on the roll-out of the Act and its implications for Big Tech in Reuters.
We have discovered that – as well as exposing the personal information of pension holders – the Capita data breach also affects their beneficiaries.
Associate Lucy Burrows has examined the ICO’s warning to businesses over the data privacy risks that generative AI poses in Data Centre Review. Lucy’s article was published
One Australian woman is being sued for around £1.4 million, after her data was stolen in the Medibank data hack.
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