The UK Digital Information Bill: Brexit dividend or data disaster? Comment Move could 'weaken' Brits' personal data rights when info is transferred outside Europe Public Sector25 Mar 2024 | 131
Uncle Sam wants to know how big airlines use passenger data 'Problematic' carriers can look forward to scrutiny, fines, and new rules Databases22 Mar 2024 | 11
London Clinic probes claim staffer tried to peek at Princess Kate's records First: Not being able buy a meat pie with a credit card. Now this Security20 Mar 2024 | 74
Record breach of French government exposes up to 43 million people's data Zut alors! Department for registering and helping unemployed people broken into Cyber-crime14 Mar 2024 | 28
US to probe Change Healthcare's data protection standards as lawsuits mount Services slowly coming back online but providers still struggling Cyber-crime14 Mar 2024 | 3
How do you lot feel about Pay or say OK to ads model, asks ICO And does it count as consent? Security11 Mar 2024 | 82
Palantir boss says outfit's software the only reason the 'goose step' has not returned to Europe Motor-mouth CEO Alex Karp claims biz stopped 'innumerable' terror attacks in Europe Bootnotes28 Feb 2024 | 97
Data watchdog tells off outsourcing giant for scanning staff biometrics despite 'power imbalance' 2,000 employees at 38 facilities had data processed 'unlawfully', ICO says Security26 Feb 2024 | 9
That's not the web you're browsing, Microsoft. That's our data Opinion The one thing you don't want your data security to be is, er, edgy Software05 Feb 2024 | 77
'Exemplar' digital hospitals trust hit by multiple tech-related traumas Retrieving electronic records takes 45 minutes and staff say they don't have time to use systems Public Sector31 Jan 2024 | 25
France fines Amazon €32M for watching staff so much they'd have to 'justify each break' French watchdog says non to excessive monitoring of workers as retail giant plans appeal Legal23 Jan 2024 | 13
ICO fines spam slinging financial services biz It's all very well offering 'Free Debt Help,' but recipients were unwilling, says watchdog... Security22 Jan 2024 | 7
NHS England published heavily redacted Palantir contract as festivities began Health org that previously promised it learned its lesson on transparency will ███, ███, and ███ Databases02 Jan 2024 | 95
To BCC or not to BCC – that is the question data watchdog wants answered The dos and don'ts of bulk emailing Security15 Dec 2023 | 61
Nearly a million non-profit donors' details left exposed in unsecured database Trusted by major charities, DonorView publicly exposed children’s names and addresses, among other data Cyber-crime13 Dec 2023 | 22
Northern Ireland cops count human cost of August data breach Officers potentially targeted by dissidents can't afford to relocate for their safety, while others seek support to change their names Security12 Dec 2023 | 16
Admin of $19M marketplace that sold social security numbers gets 8 years in jail 24 million Americans thought to have had their personal data stolen and sold for pennies Cyber-crime30 Nov 2023 | 12
UK's cookie crumble: Data watchdog serves up tougher recipe for consent banners 30 days to get compliant with tracking rules or face enforcement action Security22 Nov 2023 | 45
Watchdog bites back against blockage of $9M fine on US selfie-scraper Clearview AI Updated Britain's ICO claims tribunal misinterpreted law, wants case revisited Personal Tech17 Nov 2023 | 11
Home of the world's longest pleasure pier joins public sector leak club Southend-on-Sea Council unwittingly exposed sensitive records of more than 2,000 staff for five months Public Sector06 Nov 2023 | 26
ServiceNow quietly addresses unauthenticated data exposure flaw from 2015 Researcher who publicized issue brands company’s communication 'appalling' Research26 Oct 2023 | 3
AWS says it wants in on the European sovereign cloud game Appealing to growing crowd that wants data outside US jurisdiction PaaS + IaaS25 Oct 2023 | 11
Element users are asking for protection against government encryption busting NATO, United Nations, US DoD, and French government among its customer base Security24 Oct 2023 | 27
Irish cops data debacle exposes half a million motorist records Details of civilians and Garda officers were included, as well as high-res scans of identity documents Security24 Oct 2023 | 9
What to expect when the UK-US Data Bridge comes into force this week Opinion Britain's privacy watchdog still not happy that agreement 'appropriately' protects sensitive data CxO11 Oct 2023 | 19
Norway wants Facebook behavioral advertising banned across Europe But Meta was just about to start asking people for their permission! Security29 Sep 2023 | 24
Irish watchdog fines TikTok €345M for mishandling kids' data Tok is Tiking for app to bring processing into compliance within 3 months Networks15 Sep 2023 | 6
Lawsuit claims Tesla corp data security is far less advanced than its cars Sueball alleges company at fault after employee info leaked, including Musk's Security07 Sep 2023 | 7
Northern Irish cops release 2 men after Terrorism Act arrests linked to data breach Came in wake of the force publishing their own people's data in botched FoI Security04 Sep 2023 | 27
Last rites for the UK's Online Safety Bill, an idea too stupid to notice it's dead Opinion Snoopers Charter: Dead cows don't snitch Security21 Aug 2023 | 316
Man arrested in Northern Ireland police data leak as more incidents come to light Plus laptop and radio with yet more officers details reportedly nicked from car Security17 Aug 2023 | 41
Get your staff's consent before you monitor them, tech inquiry warns Plus: British government's push to reform data protection is working against the cause Security10 Aug 2023 | 57
UK voter data within reach of miscreants who hacked Electoral Commission 'It doesn't help if the organization responsible for the integrity of elections' gets pwned Cyber-crime08 Aug 2023 | 116
Norway to hit Meta with fines over Facebook user privacy from next week Book to hit face, but Zuckerberg & co tell El Reg it will challenge the ban Personal Tech08 Aug 2023 | 19
Big Tech's going to love India's new personal data protection bill Big fines for breaches. Also big powers – including takedowns – for planned Data Protection Board Legal04 Aug 2023 | 6
Australian court orders Meta subsidiaries to pay $14 million over data use Adverts said Onavo Protect user data would be kept a secret – just didn't say from whom Legal26 Jul 2023 | 9
Norway bans Meta's behavioral advertising with threats of wrist-slap fines Won't someone think of Zuck's pocket change? Legal19 Jul 2023 | 17
EU gives its blessing to reopen data pipelines to the US 'We already have various legal options in the drawer,' says Max Schrems, lawyer who killed the first two deals Personal Tech11 Jul 2023 | 27
FTC accuses DNA testing company of lying about dumping samples 1Health must strengthen protections for genetic information as part of settlement CSO21 Jun 2023 | 4
Identity thieves can hunt us for 'rest of our lives,' claims suit after university data leak Crooks steal Social Security numbers and post them on dark web, victims blame holes in Mercer's security Cyber-crime06 Jun 2023 | 36
Software rollout failure led to Devon & Cornwall cops recording zero crime for 3 months Updated It’s not a crime if you don’t have a record Software02 Jun 2023 | 28
Criminals spent 10 days in US dental insurer's systems extracting data of 9 million LockBit gang claimed 'trophy' of spilling low income families' details. Their parents must be proud Cyber-crime31 May 2023 | 13
UK's GDPR replacement could wipe out oversight of live facial recognition Question not whether UK police should use facial recog, but how, says surveillance chief Security19 May 2023 | 102
Privacy Framework draft isn't 'future-proof', say MEPs Take 3: the data must flow. Hold on, warns Euro Parliament, not so fast Databases12 May 2023 | 8
EU-US Privacy Framework could make life easier for a data biz, if it survives Analysis But what about the Brits? A lawyer gives their take on the privacy minefield Legal11 May 2023 | 18
Fresh GDPR ruling says even 'minor anxiety' could mean payouts for EU folks Lawyers quip: 'The definition of hell is European legislation with American enforcement' Legal04 May 2023 | 45
Brit politicians, Big Tech grumble about India tech laws Free trade agreement founders, and fears of government censorship rise Legal25 Apr 2023 | 10
UK data watchdog fines TikTok £12.7M for failing to protect kids Some 1.4 million under-13s used the app in 2020 by the ICO's estimates Security04 Apr 2023 | 10
German political parties accused of microtargeting voters on Facebook Country's super strong data rights under magnifying glass after half a dozen complaints filed Security22 Mar 2023 | 16
BBC to staff: Uninstall TikTok from our corporate kit unless you can 'justify' having it Those with 'sensitive' work-related information told to contact Beeb's security team Security20 Mar 2023 | 69
Eufy security cams 'ignore cloud opt-out, store unique IDs' of anyone who walks by Gadget maker accused of 'corporate voyeurism' by gathering up footage against your wishes Security17 Mar 2023 | 60
UK spy agency: Don't feed LLMs with sensitive corporate data Oh gosh. Looks like that bot just spilled that you plan to fire 20k staffers in Q4 AI + ML15 Mar 2023 | 18
Microsoft's AI habit comes to data governance tool Purview You're a high-risk worker who wants access to that file? Computer says no Applications07 Feb 2023 | 3
Another RAC staffer nabbed for storing, sharing car crash data Once is an accident. Twice is coincidence. Surely there won't be a third for roadside assistance biz Security03 Feb 2023 | 38
UK spy agency violated Snooper's Charter with 'unlawful' data retention Turns out even MI5 has to comply with retention rules Personal Tech31 Jan 2023 | 38
Home Depot sent my email, details of stuff I bought to Meta, customer complains DIY store didn't get 'valid consent,' says Canada's regulator Personal Tech27 Jan 2023 | 70
Ireland’s privacy watchdog fines WhatsApp €5.5 million You’ve got 6 months to get into compliance, it tells yak-yak app Security20 Jan 2023 | 5
Hey, online pharmacies: Quit spreading around everyone's data already Google says don't worry, EFF warns of 'potentially horrific outcome' Personal Tech20 Jan 2023 | 21
What's driving multicloud? War, regulation, plague, says Acronis CEO All y'all want data near you, but that doesn't mean you're going back on prem Off-Prem19 Jan 2023 | 2
That NHS England patient data platform procurement, FDP, is live. And worth up to £480m References to Palantir use cases, 'unique tools' litter the tender docs as critics mull legal action Databases11 Jan 2023 | 20
Wiretap lawsuit accuses Apple of tracking iPhone users who opted out This is the company that claims: 'Privacy. That's iPhone' Security10 Jan 2023 | 10
Palantir's Covid-era UK health contract extended without competition US spy-tech firm's controversial work with patient data pushed out 6 months due to delayed data platform procurement Databases04 Jan 2023 | 39