Data

Twitter has emailed its business clients to tell them that personal information may have been compromised.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-53150157

With a potential explosion of disgruntled employees due to Covid-19, businesses should be extra careful with sensitive data.

Too many motorists are forgetting to erase personal data from their car before handing it on to the next owner, according to new research.

https://www.lovemoney.com/news/96873/syncing-phone-with-car-leaves-drivers-at-risk-of-fraud?source=1000693

Issue relates to how web browsers cached confidential data entered in Twitter’s ads and analytics services, but is unlikely to have resulted in compromise

Nearly half (46%) of small and medium – sized enterprises (SMEs) regularly share confidential files via email, including financial and employee data in spreadsheets.

Police forces around the country are routinely extracting “excessive” amounts of personal data from the mobile phones of suspects, victims and witnesses without adequate legal justification and in potential breach of data protection laws, the Information Commissioner has warned.

https://www.policeprofessional.com/news/police-mobile-phone-data-extraction-practices-inconsistent-ico-report-finds/

The public needs and deserves clarity, and not just assurances, over the UK’s Covid-19 contact-tracing app

European Data Protection Board writes to MEPs saying the UK is at risk of failing to strike a post-Brexit data adequacy accord if its data protection agreements with the US don’t strike the right note

ROYAL Bank of Scotland is developing “behavioural biometrics” technology, which analyses factors such as the device being used online by customers and how it is being held, scrolling speed, and the time of purchases, and could replace passwords.

Babylon Health has acknowledged that its GP video appointment app has suffered a data breach.