British Airways has been fined £20 million for the data breach in 2018 that affected 500,000 customers. The ICO had originally levied a fine of £183 million but said it has been reduced to take COVID-19 into account. It is still the largest fine levied by the ICO, and may signpost the trend for future […]
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Get ready for Giving Tuesday 2020
Giving Tuesday 2020 is set for 1st December, and I hope you are all ready to take full advantage of it. As it says on the Giving Tuesday 2020 website, “Giving Tuesday is a day where everyone, everywhere can do something to support the good causes that mean so much to them.” There are lots […]
New help from Phishing attacks
We have mentioned the National Cyber Security Centre (“NCSC”) before, and their very helpful guide on IT security. The NCSC have recently added an updated guide on how best to avoid Phishing attacks and you can read it here. It includes a handy infographic which is here in .jpg format (their link to the PDF […]
Are you protecting your email addresses?
The ICO has evidently begun enquiries into why Klarna, the payment processor used by Asos, TopShop and others, send emails to people who say they have never used Klarna’s services. Klarna seems to have sent a second email by way of apology, but the question remains as to who Klarna got their email addresses in […]
Leap in smartphone technology
Starting with the iPhone 12, a revolutionary leap in microchip technology will mean that smartphones will be getting faster, much faster. ASML, a Dutch company, has pioneered a new ‘extreme ultraviolet light’ method of etching at a much smaller scale, so transistors are now only 25 atoms wide. This means billions more on a chip, […]