Ongoing . . . Mr Matthew McConville, the Head of our specialised Actions Against the Police (and Data Breach Department) at Irvings Law has recently been quoted in The Lincolnite following the sacking of a Police Officer from Lincolnshire Police.…
Yearly Archives: 2020
Hertfordshire police officer dismissed for ‘abuse of power’
Ongoing . . . Mr Matthew McConville, the Head of our specialised Actions Against the Police (and Data Breach Department) at Irvings Law has recently been quoted in The Comet following the sacking of a Police Officer from Hertfordshire Constabulary.…
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The BBC breach employee’s data
Background Mr Matthew McConville, the Head of our specialised Data Breach Department at Irvings Law has successfully represented a client in a data breach compensation claim. The said client wishes himself to be unnamed for the purposes of this case…
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IT company uses & keeps prospective employee profile on their website
Background Mr Matthew McConville, the Head of our specialised Data Breach Department at Irvings Law has successfully represented a client in a data breach compensation claim. The said client wishes himself to be unnamed for the purposes of this case…
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Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust breach employee’s data
Background Mr Matthew McConville, the Head of our specialised Data Breach Department at Irvings Law has successfully represented a client in a data breach compensation claim. The said client wishes herself to be unnamed for the purposes of this case…
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DVLA Data Breaches
Numerous breaches Over the past year, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (the DVLA), the public body that holds the records for all the drivers and vehicles in the UK, committed nearly 200 data breaches that were deemed so severe…
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Cyber Security and the GDPR
On the rise In the last 12 months, 46% of businesses reported a cyber-attack, and 32% of those attacked happened more than once every week. Unfortunately, cyber criminals continue to attempt to obtain access to IT systems for financial gain.…
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CPS Data Breach
Surprising stats The Crown Prosecution Service deals with and handles some of the most sensitive and important data that any organisation, whether public or private, would be expected to hold. With this in mind, it is deeply troubling to find…
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Working from Home – Is your personal information still secure?
Home working: An overview The recent Covid-19 pandemic lead to a rapid almost overnight change in working habits, the majority of office workers and most other industries switched from working in an office to working from home. Working from home…
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Data Breaches by Schools and Academies
Prime targets Schools and Academies are unfortunately regularly responsible for the breach of personal information. By their very nature Schools and Academies hold a lot of personal information relating to their students, parents of their students, teachers and other staff…
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