The Situation On the 20th February 2020, LOQBOX experienced a cyber-attack on their IT computer systems which resulted in personal and financial information of a number of clients of theirs being compromised. The said information included; name, address, date of…
The Situation On the 28th February 2020, Styles and Wood Ltd went into liquidation and Ernst & Young LLP (EY) were appointment as administrators. Following on from this and on the 11th May 2020, EY published documents in error containing around…
The Situation A company called Madison CF UK Limited manage and control various websites, networks and databases including 118118money.com. On the 20th March 2020, Madison CF UK Limited discovered illegal unauthorised access into their network/IT systems. As a result, criminals…
The Situation In early April 2020, EasyJet unfortunately confirmed that 2,208 of their customers have had their credit/debit card details (amongst other personal information) unlawfully accessed. Then, on the 19th May 2020, EasyJet further confirmed that they suffered a cyber-attack…
Landmark ruling A Court in the Netherlands has recently ruled that a Grandmother must delete photographs of her grandchildren from her Facebook and Pinterest account. Usually, the GDPR does not apply to the purely personal or household processing of data.…
Low reaction to a breach A recent study from the Carnegie Mellon University security and privacy institute has revealed that only around one third of people change their passwords following a data breach. The study collected data from 249 participants…
COVID-19 causing error On 25th May 2020, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) “attributed 337 data breaches in the fourth quarter of 2019 to the perennial issue of data being “emailed to incorrect recipient”.” [1] When we break this down, it…
What is the Information Commissioner’s Office? The Information Commissioner’s Office (better known as the ICO) is an independent public body and regulatory office dealing with Data Protection regulations (The Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulations) and…
Latest research suggests that almost half of UK organisations have been reported to the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) over a breach, since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force two years ago. Findings in a new report from,…
Ever wondered why relevant advertisement appears on your social media page? Well, cookies (not the kind that we all like!) are small text files that a website will put on your browsing history whilst you are viewing that website. However,…
