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Bulk SMS messages sent by local councils across the UK contained weblinks leading to pages that freely exposed to the public thousands of taxpayers' names, addresses, and outstanding debts, The Register can reveal.

Thousands of taxpayers' personal details potentially exposed online through councils' debt-chasing texts • The Register

BCS warns of challenges to come as the government presses on with its plans for Covid-19 vaccine passports

Vaccine passports cannot put basic rights at risk, warns BCS (computerweekly.com)

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).

ICO fines firms for sending more than 2.7 million spam text messages during the pandemic | ICO

Clear spike in data breach incidents at defence partners may reflect better reporting standards, claims MoD

MoD partners playing fast and loose with confidential data (computerweekly.com)

Evidence gathering exercise will inform the development of the UK’s proposed Covid-19 vaccine passport scheme

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.