Reports say that the UK government has hinted that British data protection laws will be kept ‘aligned’ to the EU’s even after Brexit. Officials have said that there will be continuity with the current rules that govern data protection, and in fact, might allow Britain to...
Brussels — Reports last Wednesday stated that Jean-Claude Juncker's top official, Martin Selmayr, has responded to the government's plans to usher in British standards for citizens' data collection, stating it is essential for UK to retain EU data protection and privacy standards even after Brexit. Selmayr...
After reports of a data breach from UK car insurance AA, the motoring company confesses to negligence which caused the accidental data leak. AA admits on Friday that client names, phone numbers, postal and email addresses, and even partial credit card numbers and hashed account passwords...
An 18-year-old student from northwestern England has been arrested on charges of cyber assault that affected a number of multinational companies. Jack Chappell has been allegedly responsible for supplying software that floods websites with data, causing it to crash. He has also been accused of...
The Government Digital Service (GDS) has announced a security breach affecting data.gov.uk accounts. According to a GDS spokesperson: usernames, emails, and hashed passwords were compromised but personal names like names and addresses were kept safe. As precaution, the next time a registered user sign in, they will...
Liberty has been granted permission by the High Court to challenge areas of extreme mass surveillance in UK. The civil liberties group challenged the gathering of user data, saying it violates the British people’s rights. The Investigatory Powers Act mandates internet companies to store data of their...