Data

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has recently announced two significant fines after a lengthy review following the data breach incidents at British Airways and Marriott International.

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Prestige Software exposed millions of records after failing to pay attention to the security of its cloud instances

Draft resolution document setting up an EU-wide ban on end-to-end encryption is set to be waved through this week

The ruling by the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) on 16 July 2020 in the so-called 'Schrems II' case has significant implications for the transfer of personal data outside of the European Economic Area (EEA).

Reduced fine reflects both improvements made to hotel group’s cyber security and impact of coronavirus on the travel and hospitality sector

Class action suit seeks claims worth more than £10bn over the processing of personal information

Organisations that operate across multiple jurisdictions should take the time to understand the regulatory requirements they would be subject to in the event of a data security incident, in light of the global cyber risk they face and recent moves by policy makers across the world to bolster data security requirements.

Ireland's data protection commissioner, Helen Dixon, has encouraged life sciences companies to develop new industry codes of conduct in Europe, stating that it allows them to demonstrate their compliance with EU data protection laws and obtain a potential competitive advantage.

Hotel group Marriott International Inc has been fined £18.4m after a large-scale data breach which went undetected for years, leaving millions of customers’ personal data at risk.

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