The ICO is committed to sharing ongoing insights on data security trends, and data for the last quarter of 2025 has been published. You can read their report in full at https://ico.org.uk/action-weve-taken/complaints-and-concerns-data-sets/data-security-incident-trends/, together with links to help you stay secure. It looks like just over 75% of reported data breaches were non-cyber incidents, with personal […]
Data Protection
Merging data protection and technology insights
Thank you for the great response to our question in last week’s insights. As a result of this, we will be merging the Data Protection and Technology insights in the next week or two. As a Data Protection insights subscriber, you do not need to do anything at all. If you are currently subscribed to […]
ICO campaign empowers parents to discuss online privacy with children
This is perhaps something that you could mention to your staff and volunteers with young children. The ICO has launched a campaign called ‘Switched on to privacy’ to help parents of children aged four to eleven start simple conversations about protecting their personal information online. As they say in their introduction: The internet offers amazing […]
AI finds vulnerabilities in major operating systems
The Claude Mythos model by Anthropic has reportedly found vulnerabilities in many operating systems and browsers, which naturally raises serious concerns. BBC Tech https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2ev24yx4rmo reports concerns from finance ministers, central bankers and financiers who are understandably concerned that any weaknesses in global finance systems could be exploited. For a more technical analysis, Steve Gibsons Security Now! […]
Should we merge Data Protection and Technology insights?
For a while now, we have been considering whether to merge the Data Protection and Technology insight newsletters. The audience for both is very similar and it would mean one less email for you to read, plus often the topics overlap. But we want to know what you think. So if you have a view, […]