Data

Would you be willing to equip your bedroom or living room with an internet-connected microphone that could record and send all your conversations to the data-hungry server of a giant tech company or to a random person in your contact list?

https://thenextweb.com/syndication/2018/06/23/1132274/?amp=1&cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjc18y&refsrc=email

Ticketmaster has warned of a potential data breach through malware found in a third-party customer support service, underlining the importance of supply chain security

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252443857/Ticketmaster-warns-of-third-party-data-breach

A guide to preparing your customer first data breach response plan

https://www.experian.co.uk/assets/identity-and-fraud/experian-databreach-response-guide-uk-update.pdf

ICO punishes Yahoo's UK arm for failing to protect 515,000 Brits

http://www.itpro.co.uk/data-breaches/31289/yahoo-handed-250000-fine-over-2014-data-breach

The surface web plays an integral role in the selling of personal information, a report on identify fraud has revealed

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252443314/Surface-web-used-in-private-data-sales

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is urging UK business to improve data protection capabilities after Dixons Carphone revealed that millions of payment card and personal data records may have been compromised in a cyber breach

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252443076/NCSC-urges-action-after-Dixons-Carphone-breach

A key tenet of GDPR gives customers the right to be “forgotten”. But, in a cruel twist of fate, the very thing that was to give consumers’ power to demand privacy could lead to a new avenue for identity theft

http://www.cityam.com/287523/fraud-risk-underlying-gdprs-right-forgotten

Why is it important to know where data flows, with whom it's shared and where it lives at rest, and what is the best way of achieving this?

https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Security-Think-Tank-GDPR-requires-unprecedented-view-of-data-flows

Dixons Carphone has warned that millions of credit card and personal data records may have been compromised in a cyber breach

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252442996/Dixons-Carphone-admits-falling-short-on-data-protection

The company says it has seen no evidence of fraud, but customers can take precautions to protect themselves.

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/uk-news/2018/06/13/dixons-carphone-data-breach-how-does-it-affect-me/