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The sheer scale of the information we share with organisations is enough to leave us all open to the threat of financial and identity fraud. But, when talking about the...
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We are delighted to announce that Hayes Connor Solicitors was highly commended at the Eclipse Proclaim Modern Law Awards in the boutique law firm of the year category. The prestigious...
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According to the Information Commissioners’ Office (ICO), the number of reported data breaches from charities has doubled. In 2017/18 there were 148 data security incidents referred to ICO by charitable...
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According to damming new research by a leading think tank, the NHS saw nearly 10,000 documents either stolen or missing last year. The massive data breach affects 68 hospitals. According...
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Human error rather than cybercrime biggest cause of self-reported data protection breaches According to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the number of reported data protection breaches has almost doubled since...
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Scrutinising the past 12 months, Kingsley Hayes, expert data protection solicitor and MD of Hayes Connor, looks at some of the key trends and insights we are seeing in this...
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We would like to wish all our clients and followers a very Merry Christmas
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In the latest example of takeover fraud, a customer of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) had more than £4,300 stolen from her account despite the fraudulent caller answering one...
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Access to professional legal advice is a fundamental right. That’s why it’s important that everyone can afford to make a data breach or cybercrime compensation claim should they need to....
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Modern Law Awards 2019 We are delighted to announce that Hayes Connor Solicitors, (part of the Forster Dean Solicitors group of companies) has been shortlisted for two Modern Law Awards....
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Cybercriminals have compromised the contact information and financial details of Vision Direct customers in a recent data hack. Both personal and financial information has been put at risk, including full...
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The issue of medical data breaches has hit the news again due to the actions of two medical workers. Medical data breach due to inappropriate use of patient information In...
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Most of have been there. We’re in a shop, just about to pay for our purchases, or sort a refund, when the assistant asks for “a few details”; usually our...
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Uber has been fined £385,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after a hack at the company resulted in the theft of personal information of almost three million users and...
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Under the UK’s data protection legislation, you have the right to find out if an organisation is using or storing your personal data. To exercise this right, all you have...
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Supermarket Morrisons has lost its appeal following a breach at the company which resulted in thousands of its employees’ details being posted online. The case is the first data leak...
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Supermarket Morrisons has lost its appeal following a breach at the company which resulted in thousands of its employees’ details being posted online. The case is the first data leak...
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Just when the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal had stopped making the headlines, the social media giant has been struck by another data breach disaster. It has been revealed that 50 million...
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Last month, Bupa was fined £175,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The latest data breach fine handed out by the regulator came after a rogue Bupa employee inappropriately copied...
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Financial cybercrime and data breaches are on the rise. In fact, retail banking saw 2400% more data breach reports last year than the year before, with a whopping £500m stolen...
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A push payment scam happens when a cybercriminal tricks someone into sending them money online. And it’s more common than you might think. In fact, in 2017, UK bank customers...
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Following a worrying data breach scandal, Glouceste rshire Police has been fined £80,000 for sending a bulk email that identified victims of historical child abuse. Commenting on the breach, Steve...
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According to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the number of reported data protection complaints has almost doubled since April this year. The increase in data breach complaints has happened since...
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Popular app Timehop, which highlights old social media posts, has been the victim of a colossal data hack. The breach has exposed the private details of more than 21 million...
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Butlin’s has revealed that up to 34,000 guests might have had their personal information stolen by hackers. The holiday camp has apologised for the breach and has set up a...
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Social news aggregation, web content rating and discussion website Reddit, has revealed that it was the victim of a data hack. In this case, a cybercriminal broke into some of...
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High-end grocer Fortnum & Mason, has become the latest business to suffer a significant data breach due to hackers. This week, the store revealed that 23,000 customers have had their...
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It has been revealed that 150,000 patients have had their confidential data used without consent. The shocking breach comes just one month after the GDPR placed new data protection obligations...
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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is set to fine Facebook £500,000 for data breaches. That is the maximum financial penalty possible and reflects the severity of the Facebook data breach...
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In May this year, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued a £325,000 fine following the loss of recorded police interviews by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). The DVDs contained interviews...
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This month, the British and Foreign Bible Society was fined £100,000 for failing to protect the personal data of 417,000 of its supporters. Following an investigation by the Information Commissioner’s...
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Last year, Nottinghamshire County Council was fined £70,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The fine came after the Council left the personal information of vulnerable people it was supposed...
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The Bayswater Medical Centre has been found guilty of a serious data protection breach. The London based GP and healthcare provider has been fined £35,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office...
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Data breach and cybercrime experts, Hayes Connor Solicitors, is now part of the Forster Dean Solicitors group of companies. Continuing to trade as Hayes Connor Solicitors, clients can rest assured...
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Facebook has suspended around 200 apps as part of its ongoing investigations into the potential misuse of personal data following the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal. In an announcement on its...
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A restaurant in Cardiff recently hit the news after its owner took to Twitter when a customer missed her reservation. The screenshot of the booking, posted on Twitter, revealed the...
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From today, Facebook will begin notifying the 87 million people whose personal information may have been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica. If your data was leaked, you will receive a...
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Last week Mark Zuckerberg faced some hard questions about the Facebook data scandal – Here is a round up of what he said: https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2018/04/hard-questions-protecting-peoples-information/ Mark Zuckerberg about 2 weeks ago...
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Last week it was revealed that MyFitnessPal was breached. Affecting 150 million users, the scale of the breach makes it one of the largest data hacks in history. What data...
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You know that Facebook is embroiled in a massive privacy row. But among the news about what happened, who knew what, and what is still to be revealed, it’s important...
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Last week, a whistle-blower revealed how Facebook data was illegally harvested and used to influence the US Presidential election. The breach occurred after Cambridge Analytica targeted users with political messaging...
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What could it mean for the UK? A whistle-blower has revealed how Facebook data was harvested to target American voters on behalf of Donald Trump’s election team. Speaking to journalists,...
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Facebook is facing accusations of data harvesting after it was revealed that an “unprecedented” infringement took place in 2014. Perhaps even more damaging, while Facebook found out about the breach...
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How the Facebook data scandal started Last week, a whistle-blower revealed how Facebook data was harvested to target American voters on behalf of Donald Trump’s election team. Speaking to journalists,...
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There has been a 9% increase in reported data security incidents over the last quarter. What’s more, there has been a 41% rise year-on-year. That’s according to the Information Commissioner’s...
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Healthcare accounts for nearly half of all data breaches Last year was a challenging year for the healthcare sector, which is still feeling the after-shocks of the WannaCry global ransomware...
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The Morrisons data breach. Why is it so important? In December 2017, in a landmark ruling, the High Court found Morrisons supermarket group liable for a mass data breach caused...
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The recent judgment in the Morrisons data breach case concerning the vicariously liability of employers for the actions of employees involved in breaches of data is potentially highly significant for...
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What is a success fee? If your claim is successful (and that’s what we all want!), you usually have to make a contribution to your solicitor’s costs. This ‘success fee’...
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Have you been the victim of Cyber defamation? You can contact us to see if you may have a claim for compensation. 1. What is expression and defamation? It is...
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BREXIT AND DATA PROTECTION WHAT NEXT? Brexit has dominated the news for the last several months, and there’s little doubt that it’s going to continue to dominate for the next...
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