Lawyers are trusted by their clients to protect a significant amount of their most confidential information. From negligence claims to custody battles, a huge amount of personal data is stored by law firms in the management of legal cases: not just personal identifying information but medical records, detailed information about clients’ family disputes, wills, [...]
Banks manage an enormous amount of highly sensitive personal data, making the ongoing sophistication and ever-increasing frequency of cyberattacks a serious consideration for the banking industry. Banks are also an especially attractive target for cyber criminals since they have an enormous amount of funds, enabling them to satisfy extortionate ransom demands. It is therefore [...]
All employers will use some form of payroll software to hold and use their employees’ personal data. Employees will usually provide personal data to their employer at the beginning of their employment, as well as through certain legal documentation such as a P45. It is your employer’s strict responsibility to handle your personal data [...]
In a clear demonstration of its intent to take action against data breaches resulting from poor cybersecurity practices, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), which regulates and enforces the UK's data protection laws, recently issued a reprimand notice to Durham-based law firm Swinburne Snowball & Jackson (SSJ). The notice was issued as a result of [...]
Due to the conflict in Ukraine the government, the ICO and UK cyber experts generally are all urging SMEs to act against increased cybersecurity threats. The situation in Ukraine poses an increased risk of cyber attacks to businesses and exacerbates the rise in cybercrime seen throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, partly due to cyber criminals exploiting [...]
Do you check what privacy policies, terms and conditions you’re accepting when you go online? You may have heard that WhatsApp has postponed its new Privacy Policy change to 15th May, because of protests from users. The story is below - but this highlights an interesting question about privacy policies and other terms and conditions [...]
Most business IT systems weren’t designed for everyone to be working from home at the same time — yet that is exactly what is happening right now across the country. In the rush to keep businesses operational, systems have been hastily scaled up to get people working remotely, without a second thought given to [...]
If you work in the financial services sector, you’ll already be well aware of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the various regulations and guidelines it puts in place to ensure financial markets are honest, fair and effective. The authority regulates more than 58,000 financial businesses from the largest banks, insurers and market infrastructure providers [...]
With the panic over to ‘comply’ with GDPR, it is seen as becoming more of a day to day compliance matter. Of course, this assumes that organisations have the correct processes embedded in their day to day business and their staff are trained on and aware of the implications. We still find there are many [...]
If you are reading this article there is a good chance you already know what Cyber Essentials is. For those that do not, Cyber Essentials is a UK Government backed standard for business cyber security which helps you guard against the most common Cyber Security threats. In fact experts believe that by adopting Cyber Essentials [...]
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