Data

Online safety research centre of excellence will look into technology to boost privacy and tackle disinformation, fake news, conspiracies and other online harms

Security experts call for more clarity from Amazon over an apparent leak of customer data

Data processing practices used by Experian broke data protection law, says Information Commissioner’s Office

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252491155/ICO-slams-Experian-over-invisible-data-processing

With the end of the Brexit transition period just weeks away, multi-national organisations will need to re-evaluate how intercompany data is transmitted

A trove of 10 data collections owned by vendor Broadvoice was left exposed online without password protection, compromising 350 million voicemails, some including health information.

73% of enterprises (over 500 employees) accelerated their cloud migration plans to support the shift to remote working across their organizations due to the pandemic.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/louiscolumbus/2020/10/18/83-of-enterprises-transformed-their-cybersecurity-in-2020/#45441ce37c8b

Pharma giant Pfizer exposed the personal information of hundreds of prescription drug takers for over two months due to a cloud misconfiguration, according to new research from vpnMentor.

Organisations should prepare for an increase in claims raised by data subjects following cybersecurity incidents.

The 90% reduction in the fine levied on BA over a 2018 data breach has legal experts talking about the ramifications for the future of data protection

CPS sees a spike in data security incidents, many of them serious enough to be reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office