ICO Deputy Commissioner of operations, James Dipple-Johnstone, said: “It’s always the company’s responsibility to identify when UK citizens have been affected as part of a data breach and take steps to reduce any harm to consumers. “We will be making enquiries with Facebook and our overseas counterparts to establish the scale of the breach and if any UK citizens have been affected.” Source
Month: September 2018
Bupa fined £175,000 for systemic data protection failures
Bupa Insurance Services Limited (Bupa) has been fined £175,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for failing to have effective security measures in place to protect customers’ personal information. Between 6 January and 11 March 2017, a Bupa employee was able to extract the personal information of 547,000 Bupa Global customers and offer it for sale on the dark web. The employee accessed the information via Bupa’s customer relationship management system, known as SWAN. The system holds customer records relating to 1.5 million people. The employee sent bulk data reports…
ICO takes action for failure to pay new data protection fee
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has begun formal enforcement action against 34 organisations that have failed to pay the new data protection fee. The data protection regulator has sent notices of its intent to fine the organisations unless they pay. Those who don’t could face a maximum fine of £4,350. All organisations that process personal data must pay a fee to the ICO unless they are exempt. The money is used to fund the ICO’s data protection work and new and expanded services we have introduced such as our advice…
Do You Really Need a Blockchain for That? Concordia Annual Summit Special – Part 2
We traveled to the Concordia Annual Summit in New York City and spoke to four leading voices in the blockchain world, asking each one: how useful is a blockchain, anyway? Hear answers from investor Jalak Jobanputra, Microsoft’s Yorke Rhodes, attorney Preston Byrne, and Hyperledger’s Brian Behlendorf in conversation with host Marc Hochstein. Thanks to our sponsors! Said Business School, University of Oxford Oxford Fintech Programme Oxford Blockchain Strategy Programme Late Confirmation is a CoinDesk production made in collaboration with The Podglomerate. For more, visit CoinDesk.com Source link
Bitcoin in Palestine – CoinDesk
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Blockchain Convict, Shard Time – CoinDesk
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Cardano, Litecoin, Tron, Stellar Lumens, EOS Price Analysis
Technically, we remain net bearish of EOS, Litecoin, Stellar Lumens, Tron and Cardano (ADA). Nevertheless, of all these coins, Cardano is at a point of inflection and should sellers resume last week’s momentum then we will see new ATLs for ADA. The same applies for Tron and Litecoin which is finding temporary support after yesterday’s double bar bullish reversal pattern. Any move above the last three or four days consolidation might trigger a wave of buy pressure towards Sep 5 highs. Let’s have a look at these charts: EOS Price…
Former Estonian Prime Minister Becomes Blockchain Startup Advisor
A former Estonian prime minister has signed on as an advisor to a blockchain startup that wants to encourage people to exercise more. Taavi Rõivas, who ran the Estonian government as prime minister from 2014 to 2016 and currently serves as a member of the country’s parliament, has joined cryptocurrency startup Lympo as chairman of its supervisory board. Lympo aims to incentive exercise and active lifestyles through its LYM token, the company announced in a press release. Rõivas confirmed the move on Twitter, saying that he was “excited to help…