Author: Dataman
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Data Reform Bill: Why is the UK moving away from GDPR?
The UK government has made clear its intention to move away from GDPR since leaving the EU, and hopes to establish a more agile regime. Proponents of the change, including chancellor Rishi Sunak, believe the UK can set its own data laws without endangering its data adequacy agreement with the EU, which allows data to…
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UK’s army recruitment system closed since March after data breach
Data relating to about 120 army recruits was offered for sale on the dark web Britain’s computerised army recruitment system has been closed for most of the war in Ukraine after candidate data was compromised in a possible hack, prompting alarmed officials to suspend its operations. The enrolment portal has been offline since mid-March, when…
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Changes sought to Cookie Law
Data protection authorities across the G7 are to be urged to tackle nuisance cookie consent pop-ups, which critics say are not fit for purpose. Proposals on improving the ways that web users consent to cookies will be discussed in a series of virtual meetings to be held on Tuesday and Wednesday. The government has cited…
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That’s the way the cookie crumbles
Internet cookie requests could be on their way out under plans to overhaul UK data laws The pop-up banners asking users permission to access certain data have become a familiar part of landing on a new website – but they could become far fewer. The routine of clicking through numerous cookie requests on websites could…
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Five hundred charities breach GDPR
More than 500 data breaches were filed by Charities last year according to England’s Information Commissioner. The figures are revealed in the body’s latest annual report. It says it received 11,854 reports of personal data breaches from all sources during the year to the end of March, down from 13,840 in the previous year. Charities…
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RNID announces that all staff will work remotely from September
RNID will permanently close its offices and move all staff to remote working from 1 September, the charity has said. Harriet Oppenheimer, the charity’s deputy chief executive, argued that the decision was the best way to ensure that employees are “connected and work productively”. She announced the change last week during an online debate organised…
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Three years of GDPR: the biggest fines so far
It’s been three years since the introduction of Europe’s data privacy and security law on 25 May 2018. GDPR governs the way organisations that operate within the EU can use, process and store consumers’ personal data. At first smaller firms and start-ups feared they did not have adequate resources to fully comply with its rules.…
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Facebook faces mass legal action over data leak
Facebook users whose data was compromised by a massive data leak are being urged to take legal action against the tech giant. About 530 million people had some personal information leaked, including, in some cases, phone numbers. A digital privacy group is preparing to take a case to the Irish courts on behalf of EU…
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What are the GDPR Password Requirements?
The new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which comes into force in May 2018 does not outlaw the use of a simple username and static password system for accessing personal data, but GDPR does state that data access procedures need to be secure. More specifically, the law states in Article 32(1) “the controller and the…
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Dartington Hall Estate dossier ‘breached data protection rules’
A country estate breached data protection laws when it listed a campaigner as an Extinction Rebellion supporter, a data watchdog has said. Devon’s Dartington Hall Estate published a dossier of group members campaigning to stop development on its land, including personal information. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said it “infringed” data laws by naming a…