Clydebank company that made 200 million nuisance calls is raided by the ICO
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has searched a business premises near Glasgow today, as part of an investigation into a company suspected of making over 200 million illegal nuisance calls....
Facebook faces possible criminal action in the UK and US amid calls for regulation
Facebook faced new calls for regulation from within the US Congress and was hit with questions about personal data safeguards this weekend, after reports that a political consultant gained access...
Civil Online launched allowing Scottish solicitors’ firms to digitally track cases
Solicitors’ firms will be able to track their simple procedure cases – small claims of up to £5,000 – online with the launch today of Civil Online, the Scottish Courts...
GDPR in The Times Scotland
■ Technology’s hottest properties Striking a balance between enforcement and engagement With comment from Stephen Grant, Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie ■ Standing up for citizens By Elizabeth Denham, UK...
Choose the carrot … the stick could hurt
A factor which is concentrating the minds of data protection officers is the level of fines that the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) can impose on companies and organisations found to...
Police Scotland issued with ‘amber alert’ over flaws in its handling of data
Police Scotland does not have a force-wide system of knowing what data it holds and whether it is secure, according to an audit by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). Despite...
Standing up for UK citizens’ data rights
On 25 May, the General Data Protection Regulation comes into effect. It is the beginning of something new, but it is an evolution of what’s gone before. It builds on...
Law firm chooses Nalytics to help deliver legal technology solutions
Scottish law firm Burness Paull has chosen the Nalytics ‘Search and Discovery’ platform to search multiple information sources and discover hidden value in data. Samuel Moore, legal technologist and solicitor...
Utilities and health firms could be fined up to £17m for cyber failures, says UK Government
Leaders of Britain’s most critical industries are being warned to boost cyber security or face hefty fines for leaving themselves vulnerable to attack following a UK Government consultation. Energy, transport,...
Digital Charter will ‘set new online standards for years to come’, says UK Government
The Prime Minister has given further details of the Government’s Digital Charter published today. Theresa May says the Charter will set the direction for the UK to “become the best...
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