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 | 59
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 | 69
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 | 20
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
Microsoft to Europe: We're setting an EU 'data boundary' from 2023 Pitches storage, cloudy software compliance to twitchy EU customers thinking about GDPR Security15 Dec 2022 | 20
EU takes another step towards US data-sharing agreement Campaigners say it's unlikely to pass a test in the courts, though Security14 Dec 2022 | 15
Five British companies fined for making half a million nuisance calls Nice. They went after vulnerable people and folks over 60 who opted out of marketing calls Security08 Dec 2022 | 54
Microsoft 365 faces more GDPR headwinds as Germany bans it in schools Redmond disputes report that 'it is not possible to use without transferring personal data to the USA' Legal30 Nov 2022 | 100
Meta faces lawsuit to stop 'surveillance advertising' Case claims collecting personal data breaches UK GDPR, but implications could be wider Applications23 Nov 2022 | 22
UK government set to extract hospital data to Palantir system without patient consent 'You'll be hearing from us,' say privacy campaigners who previously forced the government to back down Databases04 Nov 2022 | 99
Brexit dividend? 'Newly independent' UK will be world's 'data hub', claims digital minister Updated Amid inevitable talk of 'red tape' cutting at ruling party conference, data protection experts are concerned Science06 Oct 2022 | 126
Instagram fined in Ireland for violating children's privacy Meta set to the appeal the data protection authority's near $400m penalty Personal Tech06 Sep 2022 | 7
Nadine Dorries promotes 'Brexit rewards' of proposed UK data protection law Culture secretary talks up pre-Commons reading as UK waits to hear who new leader will be CSO05 Sep 2022 | 163
Decisions on health data sharing should not be taken by politicians, citizen juries find Britain's National Data Guardian report also warns NHS needs to earn people’s trust, support for controversial data platform Security31 Aug 2022 | 10
Twitter whistleblower summoned to Senate Judiciary Committee Updated Get the popcorn out for September 13 Legal25 Aug 2022 | 18
Meta accuses data scrapers of taking more than their share It's not that Facebook doesn't allow harvesting, it's more that it wasn't authorized, allegedly Legal07 Jul 2022 | 14
US lawsuit alleges tool used by hospitals shares patient data with Meta Booking appointments and other interactions with hospital portals can lead to some medical details being shared for advertising, class action claims Legal20 Jun 2022 | 17
Behind Big Tech's big privacy heist: Deliberate obfuscation Opinion You opted out, but you didn't uncheck the box on page 24, so your data's ours... Storage06 Jun 2022 | 67
Zuckerberg sued for alleged role in Cambridge Analytica data-slurp scandal I can prove CEO was 'personally involved in Facebook’s failure to protect privacy', DC AG insists Personal Tech23 May 2022 | 18
Tech pros warn EU 'data adequacy' at risk if Brexit Britain goes its own way Show us that benefits outweigh the cost, BCS challenges government Legal17 May 2022 | 84
Kasten by Veeam adds ransomware detection to K10 data management platform Kubecon Catching compromise attempts before kicking off that recovery plan Storage16 May 2022 |
Lawyers say changes to UK data law will make life harder for international businesses Concerns raised over government drive to implement distinct post-Brexit policy Legal16 May 2022 | 70
UK criminal defense lawyer hadn't patched when ransomware hit Brit solicitor fined after admitting it took 5 months to install critical update Security15 Mar 2022 | 15
EU, US close to replacing defunct Privacy Shield II Updated If you transfer data to America from Europe, listen up Security02 Mar 2022 | 23
EU proposes law forcing manufacturers to share data Users set to get right to access products' data stream, public sector might dip in too Legal24 Feb 2022 | 23
France says Google Analytics breaches GDPR when it sends data to US Hapless unnamed website manager given one month to strip GA from their site Legal10 Feb 2022 | 133
John Edwards takes the reins at the UK's data protection watchdog Information Commissioner faces a year of upheaval in data law Security04 Jan 2022 | 14
Offering Patreon subs in sterling or euros means you can be sued under GDPR, says Court of Appeal Even if you've got no other EU legal presence Legal04 Jan 2022 | 68
Veeam to productise in-house Salesforce backup tools - private beta already under way Major update has passed quality control and will catch up to platform and app updates Off-Prem20 Dec 2021 |
UK data watchdog fines government office for disclosing New Year's gong list New IT systems set up incorrectly, published CSV files which included names, addresses Legal02 Dec 2021 | 21
UK watchdog's punishment for Blackbaud, Easyjet, other big privacy lawbreakers was slap on the wrist in private Is this what they call light-touch regulation? Security01 Dec 2021 | 22
Max Schrems hits Irish Data Protection Commissioner with corruption complaint Watchdog argues 'fairness' in process should keep some documents confidential Security24 Nov 2021 | 17
Nigeria's central bank digital currency is 'same Naira, more possibilities' – if you count government snooping Opinion Privacy challenges and rushed implementation should make this cash alternative much less attractive Security22 Nov 2021 | 3
Boat biz breaches itself: Brittany Ferries 'fesses up to leaks caused by routine website update Customers' passport data potentially exposed, says company, promises to carry out password testing Security10 Nov 2021 | 14
Google swats away £3bn Safari Workaround ad-tracking cookie lawsuit in Supreme Court victory Campaigners' case had 'no real prospect of success' Legal10 Nov 2021 | 32
Data transfers between the EU and the US: Still unclear on what you're supposed to do? Here's an explainer This (still) applies to British businesses too... for now Security01 Nov 2021 | 79
Data-breached Guntrader website calls in liquidators, is reborn as Guntrader 2 Ltd Viscount still helms new firm – while since-deleted posts on firm's Facebook page enrage users Security29 Oct 2021 | 56
UK data watchdog calls for end-to-end encryption across video chat apps by default Then backtracks and tells El Reg: 'It's not a formal opinion' Security29 Oct 2021 | 30
HIV Scotland fined £10,000 for BCC email blunder identifying names of virus-carriers' patient-advocates 'Serious deficiencies in tech and organisational measures' Security25 Oct 2021 | 11
Reg readers: Don't assume anything when sharing health data Register Debate Debate exhibits chronic distrust of policy makers, Big Pharma, and insurance companies Science15 Oct 2021 | 21
Booting up: Footballers kick off GDPR case for 'misuse' of their performance data Legal action aims to give players a say in how data about them is traded Legal12 Oct 2021 | 30
England's Data Guardian warns of plans to grant police access to patient data Proposed law could 'erode trust and confidence' in healthcare Databases11 Oct 2021 | 43