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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a European Union regulation that specifies standards for data protection and electronic privacy in the European Economic Area, and the rights of European citizens to control the processing and distribution of personally-identifiable information.
The incident was a breach of the UK's Data Protection Act and resulted in the resignation of HMRC chairman Paul Gray; Darling commented that the discs were probably destroyed when "the hunt was on, probably within days" and that there was an "opaque" management structure at HMRC and it was difficult to see who was responsible for what. [14]
This is a list of reports about data breaches, using data compiled from various sources, including press reports, government news releases, and mainstream news articles.. The list includes those involving the theft or compromise of 30,000 or more records, although many smaller breaches occur continual
The names and bank details of thousands of serving British soldiers, sailors and air force members have been exposed in a data breach by a “malign actor” who may have had state help, defense ...
The attorneys general of New York and Vermont both announced today that their joint investigation into two Hilton data breaches has resulted in a $700,000 penalty and a promise to strengthen security.
Human Rights, Death Penalty, Data Protection Act 2018: A decision by the government to co-operate with US law enforcement over the prosecution was two alleged Islamic State members was unlawful without assurance from the US that the individuals would not face the death penalty. [10] Aspen Underwriting Ltd v Credit Europe Bank NV [2020] UKSC 11: ...
In summer 2018, a data breach affected almost 400,000 customers of British Airways, of which almost 250,000 had their names, addresses, credit card numbers and CVV codes stolen. The attack gained access to British Airways systems via the account of a compromised third party and escalated their account privileges after finding an unsecured ...
As such, the data subject must also be provided with contact details for the data controller and their designated data protection officer, where applicable. [27] [28] Data protection impact assessments (Article 35) have to be conducted when specific risks occur to the rights and freedoms of data subjects. Risk assessment and mitigation is ...