ICO reprimands Clyde Valley Housing Association
Alison Deighton
June 26, 2024
Earlier this year, the ICO issued a reprimand against Clyde Valley Housing Association (the Association) for failing to keep its
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ICO and Privacy Commissioner of Canada announce investigation into 23andMe data breach
Claire Saunders
June 26, 2024
On 10 June 2024, the ICO announced that together with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada they have
ICO report on the prevalence of data breaches
Claire Saunders
May 28, 2024
The ICO has released a report on Q4 2023 data breach trends. In terms of overall numbers, there was an
What can we do to help prevent data breaches?
Claire Saunders
May 16, 2024
A personal data breach under GDPR (sometimes referred to as a “data breach”) is a breach of security where personal
Help! We think we have had a data breach
Ian Pemberton
March 28, 2024
You’re faced with a data breach. What should you do? There are a number of steps which organisations need to
EDPB issues one-stop-shop case digest on security of processing and data breach notification
Claire Saunders
February 12, 2024
This case review looks at a selection of one-stop-shop decisions which relate to security of processing and data breach notification/communication.
The European Court of Justice (CJEU) rules on whether fear can constitute “damage” for the purpose of compensation claims by individuals
Claire Saunders
December 14, 2023
On 14 December 2023, the CJEU issued judgment in the case of VB v Natsionalna agentsia za prihodite. The case
Question of the month: are your security practices up to scratch?
Alison Deighton
December 14, 2023
There have been several recent ICO reprimands issued in relation to security failings which had some similar themes. In the
Question of the month – Help! We have used To/CC rather than BCC in an email and it has revealed sensitive personal data– what should we do now?
Claire Saunders
August 12, 2023
There have been a couple of recent reprimands issued by the ICO in situations where individuals’ email addresses were inadvertently
TikTok fined by the ICO
Claire Saunders
May 31, 2023
Last month the ICO issued a fine of £12.5 million to TikTok.
Breach notification for non-EU controllers
Claire Saunders
May 21, 2023
The EDPB has updated its guidance on personal data breaches to address the question of notification of breaches by controllers who are not established in the EU.
Capita PLC data breach
Claire Saunders
May 20, 2023
On 22 March Capita was the victim of a cyber incident which primarily targeted “access to internal applications”.
Damages for personal data breach claims – minor breaches unlikely to lead to significant awards
Claire Saunders
March 30, 2023
The English High Court has recently given a ruling in relation to damages for personal data breach claims.
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