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Data Destruction – It’s Not Always Hard Drives!
This month marks a project completion date for one of CSI Lifecycle’s biggest customers - a leading UK and International Law Firm who provide high quality legal advice tailored to both businesses and individuals. CSI Lifecycle Services UK…

Data of 'nearly all adults' in Bulgaria stolen
Personal data belonging to millions of Bulgarians has been stolen in a cyber-attack on the country's tax agency.
According
to a local cyber-security researcher, most adults in the country of
seven million people are likely to have had…

Ticketmaster Admits Personal Data Stolen in Hack Attack
Ticketmaster has admitted that it has suffered a security breach, which the BBC understands has affected up to 40,000 UK customers.
Malicious software on third-party customer support product Inbenta Technologies caused the hack, the firm said…

Gloucestershire Police Fined £80,000
Gloucestershire Police has been fined £80,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after sending a bulk email that identified victims of non-recent child abuse.
The force was at the time investigating allegations of abuse relating…

Bible Society Fined £100,000 After Security Failings
The British and Foreign Bible Society, based in Swindon, has been fined £100,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office, after their computer network was compromised as the result of a cyber-attack in 2016.
Between November and December…

Yahoo! Fined £250,000 After Systemic Failures
Yahoo! UK Services Limited has been fined £250,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) following a cyber-attack in November 2014. The incident was publicly disclosed in September 2016, almost two years after it had taken place.
Because…

Spanish Football League Defends Phone 'Spying'
Spanish football league La Liga has defended the privacy policy of its app after admitting it was accessing the microphone and GPS of Android users.
It said it had been trying to track down venues illegally broadcasting matches, by matching…

Dixons Carphone Admits Huge Data Breach
Dixons Carphone has admitted a huge data breach involving 5.9 million payment cards and 1.2 million personal data records.
It is investigating the hacking attempt, which began in July last year.
Dixons Carphone said it had no evidence that…

Rochester Grammar School Data Breach
The data of more than 1,000 pupils at a Kent school was exposed when an unencrypted memory stick was lost.
The stick held information on every pupil at Rochester Grammar School.
It included the names, years, school house, date of birth,…

Medical Centre Fined for Abandoning Sensitive Information
Bayswater Medical Centre (BMC) in London has been fined £35,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after it left highly sensitive medical information in an empty building.
The personal data, which included medical records,…