Compromised data was on a development server and included personal details on 780,000 job applicants
Compliance
East Thames housing association ‘cloud first’ with iland
Disaster-recovery-as-a-service using Zerto technology is helping association overcome compliance problems
BT, Dropbox, Google forced to change cloud storage terms
Competition and Markets Authority continues its fight for better terms on behalf of cloud users
Vodafone fined £4.6 million for customer billing disaster
Vodafone blames 'complex' billing system migration for the biggest fine ever issued by Ofcom for 'serious and sustained' breaches of consumer rules
Software snitches don’t get stitches they get FAST payment
Federation Against Software Theft offers bounties to channel individuals who report software 'crimes'
IT consultant banned for eight years after not paying tax
Takes £423,000 for himself and his family before liquidating the IT services company
TalkTalk fined £400,000 for last year’s data breach
Get your security properly in place before the arrival of GDPR and even bigger fines firms are told
Micro Focus acquires another American data firm
British titan takes it to the yanks again in expanding data management space
ICO says GDPR will be in force before Brexit
UK companies will have to work towards the new data protection rules despite Brexit
Actiance moves in on ‘stranded’ Autonomy users
HPE announced it is selling the Autonomy business and other 'non-core' assets to British firm Micro Focus
Fluenta extends ABLE Instruments VAR agreement
Deal covers the chemicals, petrochemicals and oil and gas markets
Social media agencies targeted by competition watchdog
CMA warns agencies, influencers and clients that disguised advertising breaks consumer law
IT SMEs struggle with business contracts and compliance
Business insurance firm Hiscox publishes handy guides to help IT SMEs address the issues
Amazon slammed by ASA for ‘misleading’ delivery charges
When is 'free delivery' really free delivery Ad watchdog considers
Hewlett Packard Enterprise awarded £1.95m in ‘grey’ case
International Computer Purchasing Limited has to pay out as a result of High Court action
GDPR? It’s all Greek to us say Britain’s SMEs
General Data Protection Regulation is not exactly floating the boat of small- and medium-sized firms
Privacy Shield is ‘not robust enough’ says EU watchdog
Transatlantic data transfer agreement is likely to be defeated in EU court just as Safe Harbour was
CMA makes cloud storage providers change ‘unfair’ terms
Dixons Carphone, JustCloud and Livedrive all hung out to dry, others set to follow as Competition and Markets Authority acts on 'unfair' terms
Don’t panic, but GDPR deadline day is now two years away
Want to avoid the hefty European data protection fines? Consult the checklist
Ageas Retail signs contact centre deal with Sinclair Voicenet
Contact sites in Glasgow, Stoke and Bournemouth are being supported
Privacy Shield dented amid further setbacks in data talks
European officials fail to reach agreement on data sharing agreement with the US
Channel warned about selling illegal software in new campaign
The Feds step up their campaign in the channel 'in partnership' to prevent common scenarios
Big tech brands certify laptops and tablets for sustainability
TCO Certified backed by Lenovo and Dell for latest products
European data protection regulation becomes law
New European-wide data law as proposed Privacy Shield is severely dented
Privacy Shield fails to gain approval, what now?
European data protection watchdog group says new agreement does not provide enough reassurance over US spying
There’s gold in them thar laptops!
Expert precious metal recyclers compete to get their hands on your old gadgets
Verizon Enterprise customer data stolen, sold online
Contact data on 1.5 million Verizon business customers was reportedly listed on an underground forum for $100,000
Blancco gets ‘safe’ flash storage data wiping patent
The patent widens the company's offering to support a rapidly growing flash market
