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Facebook Fined For Cambridge Analytica Fiasco

The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has fined Facebook GB£500,000 for data breaches relating to the Cambridge Analytica scandal. That's about  US$650,000. The ICO's investigation into the activities of Facebook is highly critical of Facebook's laissez-faire approach to user's data. For seven years, Facebook failed to stop application developers taking users' information without informed consent, and allowed capture of the information

ACS Law Boss Fined By ICO

The UK's Information Commissioner's Office today announced that it was fining Andrew Crossley of the now defunct ACS Law £1,000 for failing to keep secure sensitive personal information about 6,000 people. The Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham, was particularly critical saying, "The security measures ACS Law had in place were barely fit for purpose in a person’s home environment, let alone

Code of Practice for Privacy Protection

The UK's Information Commissioner's Office has published a pair of  guides about holding personal information online.  The first guide is a Code of Practice aimed at organisations, particularly, those that sell goods and services over the web and is to help them understand the data protection law and develop good practice.  The second is for individuals and is Protecting Your