WhatsApp has extended the deadline by which its two billion users must either accept its updated terms and conditions or stop using the service.
The original cut-off date was 8 February, but users now have until 15 May to take action. The firm was criticised for sending the notification,...
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WhatsApp extends 'confusing' update deadline
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5corpio started a blog post ICO fines Marriott International Inc for failing to keep customers personal data securein 5corpioICO fines Marriott International Inc for failing to keep customers personal data secure
Marriott estimates that 339 million guest records worldwide were affected following a cyber-attack in 2014 on Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc. The attack, from an unknown source, remained undetected until September 2018, by which time the company had been acquired by Marriott. The personal... -
Capital One accused 'breached 30 other organisations'
A software developer accused of stealing data from finance company Capital One took files from over 30 other organisations, prosecutors claim. The alleged thief, Paige Thompson, was arrested after reportedly talking online about taking Capital One data. In court papers, the US Department of Justice... -
5corpio started a blog post company director believed to have profited more than £1.4 million selling personal data illegallyin 5corpiocompany director believed to have profited more than £1.4 million selling personal data illegally
A former company director found guilty of illegally obtaining people’s personal data and selling it to solicitors chasing personal injury claims, has been fined for breaches of data protection and issued with a confiscation order under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. David Cullen of Middleton Road,... -
5corpio started a blog post ICO searches Liverpool addresses investigation illegal acquisition and sale of personal datain 5corpioICO searches Liverpool addresses investigation illegal acquisition and sale of personal data
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has today (27 June) searched two addresses in Liverpool, as part of an ongoing investigation into the acquisition and sale of illegally obtained personal data. Following a six month investigation, working in partnership with the Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB),... -
DCMS consults on data protection fee exemptions
Every organisation or sole trader who processes personal information is required by law to pay a data protection fee to the ICO, unless they are legally exempt. The Government has launched a consultation on exemptions from paying the fees, which fund the ICO’s data protection work. The consultation... -
Council demanded payment card details via email
A London council's data protection efforts are under review after it told residents to email in their payment card details for parking bay suspensions via a Word document. Islington Council had required residents to share the security code from the rear of their cards, as well as their address, among... -
Dixons Carphone admits huge data breach
Dixons Carphone has admitted a huge data breach involving 5.9 million payment cards and 1.2 million personal data records. It is investigating the hacking attempt, which began in July last year. Dixons Carphone said it had no evidence that any of the cards had been used fraudulently following the breach.There... -
Up to 66,000 payday loan customers hit by data breach
A data breach at short-term lender Trusted Quid may have left up to 66,000 customers at greater risk of fraud. Customer names, phone numbers, dates of birth, addresses, income information, loan information, employment information and bank account details are among the data stolen during the unauthorised... -
Why banks will share your financial secrets
Your financial information, such as what you spend and where, and how often you go into debt is private. It is information only available to you and your bank. It has been like that for years, but all that is about to change. Customers of nine of the biggest UK banks have received letters and emails... -
Talk Talk fined £100,000 for data protection breach
Talk Talk has been fined £100,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), after it risked customer data falling into the hands of scammers and fraudsters. TalkTalk was found to have breached the Data Protection Act because it allowed staff to have access to large quantities of customers’... -
Hack on Italy's largest bank UniCredit Banca
......affects 400,000 customers
Data about loan accounts belonging to 400,000 customers of Italy's largest bank has been put at risk by two security breaches. Unicredit said that personal data and account numbers could have been stolen.But it added that the accounts' passwords had not been compromised,... -
National Hunter and Cfas issue
Before i get into the full story can anybody clear up three points for me please? I have read some conflicting information about how long an NH marker stays active. I thought it was six years but Im sure I read somewhere on here that it was rolling 13 months assuming no other issues were flagged to... -
CCA response
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I got into debt after a divorce and was in a DMP. I stopped paying the DMP in October as the company was no longer able to operate so have decided to sort stuff out myself. I sent off some CCA requests to three debts and have had back a couple... -
Checkng for 'previous debtor'markers
Has anybody ever requested a SAR from a creditor where the debt is SB and Default annulled?
Most financial systems delete records after 7 years of the last activity. The cost of maintaining, archiving records, and recalling archived records is high. So will past creditors keep and check...
