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Music festivals get one chance every year to make money. That’s what makes them so vulnerable

The financial health of the UK’s festivals circuit is, in many cases, precarious. The success of Glastonbury, by far the most significant live outdoor event in the UK music calendar, is not a reliable indicator of the health of the country’s wider festival scene.

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David Duchovny: ‘I’m not just throwing on a kilt willy-nilly’

The actor and musician answers your questions on Twin Peaks, that song by Catatonia and the importance of failure

The Guardian - UK

“I don't believe that a company like Barclays, given their financial ties to war crimes, has any place at a metal festival.” Why the conversation around Britain's summer festival season has been all about Gaza, Barclays, and boycotts

Barclays will no longer be sponsoring Download, Isle Of Wight or Latitude festivals following escalating protests and cancellations by musicians and comedians. Louder looks at how this discourse has dominated summer 2024 in the UK

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Latitude, Download and Isle of Wight festivals pull Barclays sponsorship

News comes after multiple musicians and comedians pulled out of the event

The Independent UK

Barclays suspends sponsorship of Download, Latitude and Isle of Wight festivals

Move follows protests from bands and fans over the bank providing financial services to defence companies supplying Israel

The Guardian - UK

Latitude Festival 2024: Which acts are dropping out and why?

Several artists have said they would not be performing because Barclays is sponsoring the event

Evening Standard

'Untenable': judge tosses $1m Latitude privacy lawsuit

A privacy lawsuit filed against financial service firm Latitude over a data breach has been dumped after a judge ruled the case had little chance of success.

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Latitude festival review: George Ezra, Pulp, Sophie Ellis Bextor... and psychedelic sheep

The Suffolk festival has fine-tuned the tricky art of blending the safe with the seditious

Evening Standard

Latitude dividend unlikely following costly data breach

Latitude says it has set aside $46 million to cover costs related to the cyber theft of the personal data related to 7.9 million past and present customers.

AAP

Joint investigation launched into how Latitude handled personal data following major hack

If found guilty following the joint investigation by Australia and New Zealand's privacy regulators, Latitude could pay penalties of up to $50 million for each violation.

ABC News

Niche Retirement Communities Are Growing — Are They Right for You?

Niche retirement communities, where people come together over shared affinities, are becoming more abundant.

Kiplinger

Coles credit card customers latest victims of Latitude data hackers

Coles Financial Services has expressed its disappointment after being alerted that credit card details were stolen by the Latitude hackers

The New Daily

Coles confirms its customers impacted by Latitude Financial data breach

Supermarket giant Coles has confirmed it has been impacted by the Latitude Financial data breach, saying personal information used to issue historical Coles-branded credit cards has been stolen by a cyber criminal group.

ABC News

Coles disappointed over Latitude credit card breach

Coles credit cards are the latest to be listed in the Latitude Financial data breach, which includes roughly 14 million customer records.

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Personal data of GE Money, Coles and Myer credit card customers stolen in Latitude Financial data breach

As Latitude Financial investigates last month's cyber breach, more customers are being emailed about their personal data being compromised — even if they never signed up for a Latitude product.

The New Daily

Latitude Financial rejects ransom demand after hack

Latitude Financial is refusing to co-operate with cyber attackers, saying it will not reward criminal behaviour as it is faced with a ransom demand.

ABC News

Latitude Financial will not pay ransom to cyber hackers as millions of customer records compromised

Latitude Financial will not pay a ransom to those behind a cyber attack, as the details from 14 million customer records remain at risk of being released.

ABC News

What are the rules about data breaches? How soon does a company have to notify their customers?

Entities have to notify people at risk of "serious harm" from data breaches, but the time frame for doing so is vague.

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The Guardian - UK

Give it some welly: the 30 best UK music festivals still available to book

The summer’s big events sell out sooner every year but, whether you like gnarly moshpits, banging dance tents, kid-friendly jazz retreats or gastro entertainment, there’s still time to take your pick and get looking for your camping gear

The Guardian - AU

Latitude Financial faces possible class action after millions affected by data breach

Cyber-attack in which information of 14 million customers has been exposed dubbed Australia’s largest to date

ABC News

Latitude Financial customers frustrated at lack of communication after millions of personal records stolen in cyber attack

With confirmation that millions of personal data files were stolen in Latitude Financial's cyber hack, customers past and present are growing tired of the company's lack of communication.

ABC News

What's happening with the Latitude Financial cyber attack? Millions of customer details stolen in one of the largest-known data breaches in Australia

The fallout from the cyber attack on non-bank lender Latitude Financial, which exposed the details of current and former customers, is continuing.

AAP

Latitude Group says 7.9m customer records stolen

Consumer finance company Latitude Group says 7.9 million Australian and NZ customers had their driver license data stolen in the hack on its systems.

The New Daily

Latitude confirms 14m customers had data stolen

Latitude Financial says the details of 14 million consumers have been stolen – including nearly eight million driver's licence numbers.

ABC News

Up to 8 million Latitude Financial customers in Australia and New Zealand believed to have data stolen in cyber attack

Latitude Financial confirms that the cyber hack on its systems this month was far worse than originally thought, with around 8 million people's data believed to be stolen.

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