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Late Reporting of GDPR Breach Results in €475,000 Penalty for Booking.com
Booking.com has been penalised and fined to the tune of €475,000 ($560,000) after being found guilty of failing to report a data breach within the time period set down by the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The GDPR breach took place during 2018 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) when telephone scammers targeted…
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Data breach punishments and question what they might mean for the charity sector
Organisations of all kinds – and that includes charities – can face heavy fines if they suffer data breaches leading to the loss or exposure of confidential information. The negative publicity and the financial penalty following a data breach are bad for businesses, but for charities they can be devastating. That’s because of the loss…
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Scottish council apologises for data breach
Scottish Borders Council has apologised ‘unreservedly’ for a data breach affecting 600 customers. The council had been contacting residents that were eligible for a payment, but three emails were sent to multiple individuals where all recipient email addresses were visible. A Scottish Borders Council spokesperson said: ‘We would like to apologise unreservedly to all our…
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Mitigating information security risks during lockdown
Many staff have had to adapt to new ways of working in response to the current Covid-19 situation, which has seen increased home working as staff adjust to new ways of working or take on new roles. Working practices have had to change in response, changes which bring about new opportunities but also risks. Local…