Midlands Fraud Forum

Data Breach: Nintendo’s data breach affected 300,000 users

15 Jun 2020 10:54 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

Nintendo’s user account breach back in April, which at the time was thought to have affected 160,000 accounts, may have in face involved an additional 140,000 – for a total of 300,000 users affected by the hack (via Eurogamer).

https://www.mcvuk.com/business-news/nintendos-data-breach-affected-300000-users/

Data Security: Data and financial loss biggest cyber-fear for locked down UK households

15 Jun 2020 10:52 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

They fear data and financial loss more than their children finding inappropriate content online.

https://www.itproportal.com/news/data-and-financial-loss-biggest-cyber-fear-for-locked-down-uk-householders/

Data Security: Police chiefs working with Public Health England on contact-tracing security

15 Jun 2020 9:38 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

Police force representatives are in talks with Public Health England over operational security concerns arising from the NHS Test and Trace coronavirus contact-tracing scheme

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252484240/Police-chiefs-working-with-PHE-on-contact-tracing-security

Data Breach: Babylon Health admits GP app suffered a data breach

15 Jun 2020 8:57 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

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

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52986629

Data Protection: Privacy campaigners call for radical changes to contact-tracing app

07 Jun 2020 9:02 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

Liberty, Privacy International and the Open Rights Group join calls for the government to either put in place better data protection policies or abandon its Covid-19 contact-tracing app altogether

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252483972/Privacy-campaigners-call-for-radical-changes-to-contact-tracing-app

GDPR: Test and Trace has not passed data protection impact assessment

07 Jun 2020 8:40 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

Public Health England failed to complete the required impact assessment before launching the Covid-19 Test and Trace programme

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252483873/Test-and-Trace-has-not-passed-data-protection-impact-assessment

Data Security: Public Health England to keep contact-tracing data for 20 years

31 May 2020 7:33 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

PHE will retain the data it collects via the NHS Test and Trace programme for 20 years

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252483792/Public-Health-England-to-keep-contact-tracing-data-for-20-years

Data Protection: GDPR at two: How far we’ve come, how far we still have to go

31 May 2020 7:17 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

Marking two years of the General Data Protection Regulation, industry voices weigh in on the state of data protection and privacy, consider what has changed, and what still needs to change

https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/GDPR-at-two-How-far-weve-come-how-far-we-still-have-to-go

Data Protection: Max Schrems accuses Ireland of ‘Kafkaesque’ delay in Facebook GDPR investigation

31 May 2020 6:58 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

Privacy campaigner Max Schrems has urged the European Commission to intervene after the Irish Data Protection Commission allegedly used ‘Kafkaesque’ tactics to delay investigations into Facebook’s compliance with GDPR

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252483668/Schrems-accuses-Ireland-of-Kafkaesque-delay-in-Facebook-GDPR-investigation

Data Security: PCI DSS compliance can help with security; don’t ignore it

31 May 2020 6:57 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

When it comes to understanding the value of data, organizations need to realize that sensitive information is gold dust.

https://www.businesschief.com/leadership/8715/PCI-DSS-compliance-can-help-with-security-dont-ignore-it