Irish Political Party suffers Data Security Breach
Irish political party, Fine Gael, has hit the headlines in Ireland recently due to a series of data protection incidents. In anticipation of Ireland’s imminent election, likely to be held in March,...
View ArticleData Security – Olswang divulges all
On Thursday, Datonomy attended the Data Security Masterclass held by Olswang LLP at its Reading offices. The session was well attended by representatives from a range of industries including the...
View ArticleRapporteur Albrecht broadly supports proposed Data Protection Regulation
Datonomy has been reading the draft report of Rapporteur Jan Philipp Albrecht on the proposed Data Protection Regulations – all 215 pages of it! The full report (available here) was discussed today by...
View ArticleLatest data breach penalty – wider perspective on fines and appeals
Most Datonomy readers will already be aware of this morning’s news of a £250,000 ICO fine for Sony over the 2011 PlayStation hack, which Sony reportedly intends to appeal. The ICO published the...
View ArticleNew cyber attack reporting rules for Europe and Asia: will your organisation...
In a month that has seen US politicians claim that is “losing the war” against international cyber attacks, and yet more household names report hacks on their systems, Datonomy has been looking at the...
View ArticleDo you BYOD? Is your organisation DP compliant?
With the Bank Holiday weekend fast approaching many Datonomy readers are likely to be taking some work home, checking into emails and looking at other work functions over the break. And the chances...
View ArticleNew breach rules for telcos and ISPs: the shape of things to come?
Draft rules coming into effect next month for communications service providers on when and how to notify data security breaches are the clearest indication yet of the obligations proposed for all data...
View ArticleEmployers: Time to review your home working policy? Council fined £100,000
Aberdeen City Council (“ACC”) has been fined £100,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (the “ICO”) for failing to implement an adequate home working policy following one of its employees...
View ArticleWhen should you alert customers to data breaches? Important new EU guidance...
With the Heartbleed web vulnerability in the tech headlines, the practical guidance issued recently by EU regulators on when to alert individuals to data breaches (and on preventive steps to reduce the...
View ArticleFirst of its kind CNIL sanction against a telecoms operator for data breach:...
CNIL’s recent ruling against Orange has wider lessons for all data controllers who rely on processors and sub processors to process personal data. Datonomy’s correspondent in Paris analyses the issues....
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