Midlands Fraud Forum

Data Protection: Vaccine passports cannot put basic rights at risk, warns BCS

22 Mar 2021 9:52 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

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)

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

22 Mar 2021 9:49 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

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

Data Breach: MoD partners playing fast and loose with confidential data

22 Mar 2021 9:40 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

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)

Data Security: Government calls for input into Covid-19 vaccine passports

22 Mar 2021 9:19 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

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

Government calls for input into Covid-19 vaccine passports (computerweekly.com)

Data Breach: FRAUD PLOT: Member of bank's anti-fraud team among con artists jailed for stealing £90,000 of goods

15 Mar 2021 9:48 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

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

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

15 Mar 2021 9:25 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

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/

Data Breach: Williams F1 car launch disrupted by data leak

15 Mar 2021 9:24 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

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

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252497359/Williams-F1-car-launch-disrupted-by-data-leak

Data Protection: New EU ePrivacy rules open up avenues to processing without consent

08 Mar 2021 9:47 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

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

Data Protection: UK data adequacy decisions issued by European Commission

01 Mar 2021 10:39 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

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.

https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/uk-data-adequacy-decisions-issued-by-european-commission

Data Protection: UK will not pursue data protection claims opt-out law

01 Mar 2021 10:37 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

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