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The ICO is receiving a large number of reports about the Capita data breaches

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) - which is the UK’s data protection regulator - has published a statement about the… Read More

1 year ago

Capita data breach could affect more than half a million UK pension holders

To ensure they do not fall victim to further attacks, affected pension holders should be vigilant after the Capita data… Read More

1 year ago

TikTok fined £12.7 million for child data protection breaches

Video-sharing app TikTok has been fined £12.7 million by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) for using the personal data of… Read More

2 years ago

Kingsley Hayes and Simon Ridding comment on the European Court of Justice’s GDPR compensation threshold ruling in Law360

Partner Kingsley Hayes and Senior Associate Simon Ridding have discussed the implications of the European Court of Justice’s recent refusal… Read More

2 years ago

Stolen information about former foster parents found on the dark web following By the Bridge data breach

Cambian Group – has written to former foster parents with more information about the By the Bridge data breach. Read More

2 years ago

Kingsley Hayes comments on TikTok’s ICO fine in the International Business Times and UK Tech News

Head of Data and Privacy Litigation, Kingsley Hayes, comments on how TikTok’s £12.7 million fine by the ICO represents a… Read More

2 years ago

A further 475GB of data found on the dark web following the Arnold Clark data breach

On 31 March 2023, another 475 gigabytes of data was discovered on the dark web relating to this breach. Read More

2 years ago

FAQs about the Police Federation of England & Wales Data Breaches

We have collated some of the frequently asked questions put to our data protection lawyers about the PFEW data breaches.… Read More

2 years ago

Are you a retired police officer? If so, the PFEW could owe you compensation

We have uncovered that the PFEW has failed to notify retired police officers of the attacks. Even if their personal… Read More

2 years ago

The PFEW doesn’t think it owes its members data breach compensation. The PFEW is WRONG!

The PFEW still does not believe that it owes affected members compensation for violating their data protection rights. We do… Read More

2 years ago