Identity theft-driven data breaches costing Brits close to £4bn a year August 10, 2022 Data breaches driven by identity theft have been costing the UK near £4bn every year for almost a decade as fraud in the country rises. Over 28m data breaches have occurred every year since 2013 at a cost of £3.7bn per year, with more than 140m files compromised, data by ID verification checks provider Credas [...]
UK data watchdog plots regulation that cuts shackles of the EU regime July 14, 2022 The UK's data protection watchdog laid out its three-year strategy to safeguard the information rights and depart from the shackles of the EU's GDPR framework.
UK fails to define clear data reform strategy despite claiming EU complexity departure May 10, 2022 In an attempt to cut European Union red tape once and for all, the government are pushing forward with its Data Reform Bill.
Ministers clamp down on data stealing and poorly developed apps May 4, 2022 People downloading apps to smartphones, games consoles and TVs will be better protected from hackers under new government plans to boost security standards. A new report on the threats in app stores published today by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has shown that people’s data and money are at risk because of fraudulent apps [...]
More than 300 data breach whistleblower reports received by regulatory body March 21, 2022 The regulatory body dealing with data breaches has received more than 300 whistleblower reports in the last year, a leading law firm has claimed. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) was told of 309 instances of breaches from employees, over alleged failure to protect information. RPC, the law firm which aired concerns, says some of the reports [...]
EU aims to tighten data curbs on non-EU governments February 3, 2022 New European law will start requiring cloud services, like Amazon and Microsoft, to set up safeguards against illegal data transfers to non-EU governments, as the EU continues to rein in US tech giants. According to reports by Reuters, the European Commission’s Data Act, which is set to be published at the end of this month, [...]
Data experts team up with Google, Microsoft and Mastercard for new UK post-Brexit govt council January 25, 2022 In order to boost cross-border data flow and trade post-Brexit, the government has set up a new council that comprises of a group of data experts from industry giants and academia. The International Data Transfer Expert Council will include representatives from the likes of Google, Mastercard and Microsoft when it meets for the first time [...]
Exclusive: Mayor of Newham Rokhsana Fiaz OBE on why local boroughs should capitalise on Londoners’ data January 15, 2022 Having received £40m from the Government’s levelling up fund to help build a ‘data corridor’ in London, Rokhsana Fiaz, the Mayor of Newham, argues open data is vital for the capital’s economy. The Council recently launched ‘Newham Sparks’, an initiative to attract investors to develop a data corridor in London, targeted at businesses working in [...]
Sports law year in review 2021: Were our predictions right? December 26, 2021 In December 2020, while others may have been preparing for muted New Year’s Eve celebrations in light of the new coronavirus variant, we were busy making sports law predictions for the year ahead for Morning Wire In summary, we predicted a rise in data-related disputes on the back of Project Red Card, the further growth [...]
Exclusive: ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ no longer applies as tech-daring UK companies are hungry for risk November 25, 2021 Enthusiasm for experimenting with new technologies is growing fast across UK businesses, largely because many companies are increasingly prepared to take more risks. Given the increased risk appetite and firms embracing tech, organisations are pumping more cash in new technological applications and platforms. In fact, 77 per cent of businesses with headcounts over 250 said [...]