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New UK data protection law to offer more control to users

UK citizens will have more control over how their personal information is used by businesses, and the right to demand from social media companies and online traders the …

GDPR
Only 2% of “GDPR-ready” organizations are actually compliant

Only nine percent of UK organizations that believe they are prepared for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) actually are, new research from Veritas has found. In …

GDPR
As GDPR approaches, retail data breaches remain unacceptably high

Two in five retailers across the globe have experienced a data breach in the past year, according to Thales and 451 Research. The report reveals that 43 percent of retailers …

London
A UK business will spend more than £1m recovering from a data breach

A UK business would have to spend £1.1m on average to recover from a breach – more than the global average of £1m. An NTT Security study of 1,350 non-IT business decision …

London
UK executives badly informed about where data is stored compared to other countries

When it comes to data compliance matters, one in five business decision makers within the UK admit they do not know which compliance regulations their company is subject to, …

Berlin
German law enforcement gets new hacking powers

On Thursday, the Bundestag has voted to accept a new amendment that will expand the German police’s hacking powers. The new amendment will allow them to use so-called …

money
Average data breach cost declines 10% globally

The average cost of a data breach is $3.62 million globally, a 10 percent decline from 2016 results. This is the first time since the global study was created that there has …

Europe
As UK govt calls for encryption backdoors, EU lawmakers propose a ban on them

As the UK gets hit by terror attacks one after the other, the government’s cry for making sure terrorists and criminals can’t find “safe spaces” online …

Europe
Is Europe ready for GDPR?

What impact will GDPR have on businesses across the UK, France, Belgium and Luxemburg? Vanson Bourne surveyed 625 IT decision makers in four countries and found that the UK is …

arrest
International operation targets customers of counter anti-virus and crypter services

Between 5 and 9 June, 6 suspects were arrested and 36 were interviewed during an internationally coordinated operation in 6 European countries. The targets are all suspected …

GDPR
Why companies shouldn’t dread the advent of GDPR

The main aim of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is to make sure that the data of EU citizens is protected, no matter where it’s held. The regulation, which will …

EU
Moving towards compliance: GDPR issues and challenges

In this podcast, Mike McCandless, VP of Sales and Marketing for Apricorn, and Jon Fielding, Managing Director for Apricorn EMEA, discuss the European Union General Data …

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