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A member of a bank's anti-fraud team has been jailed after selling customer card details to a gang of con artists operating across the country.

https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/19098299.fraud-plot-member-banks-anti-fraud-team-among-con-artists-jailed-stealing-90-000-goods/?ref=twtrec

Two separate companies that sent nuisance text messages during the Covid-19 pandemic have been fined a total of £330,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-and-events/news-and-blogs/2021/03/ico-fines-firms-for-sending-more-than-27-million-spam-text-messages-during-the-pandemic/

Williams Formula One team forced to pull augmented reality app it had planned to use to launch its 2021 car at the last minute after an apparent cyber attack

Proposed new EU rules on electronic privacy will be the subject of fierce debate in the coming months as industry, regulators and legislators discuss the degree to which user information can be used when the user has not given consent.

https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/analysis/eu-one-step-closer-to-eprivacy-reform

The European Commission has proposed to issue the UK with 'data adequacy' decisions to facilitate the continued free flow of personal data from EU member states to the UK.

The UK government will not introduce new legislation to enable non-profit groups to raise data protection claims on behalf of individuals without their permission, it has confirmed.

https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/uk-not-pursue-data-protection-claims-opt-out-law

Npower customers will have to log in to their accounts on its website after its app was withdrawn following a security breach

The publication of two draft data adequacy decisions brings the UK closer to a final positive decision, which will enable the continued free flow of data between the EU and the UK if green-lit by member states

Data protection experts discuss the consequences of achieving data adequacy between the UK and EU for the UK’s intelligence services and criminal justice sector

New year, new data breaches! 2021 has barely begun and there is already a growing list of significant data breaches that have come to light, with implications for huge numbers of members of the public whose sensitive personal data may have been exposed.