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NHS staff under investigation after teen’s medical records accessed years after death

Oliver McGowan, 18, who had autism and epilepsy, died in 2016 after an antipsychotic medicine triggered a rare reaction and caused his brain to swell

The Independent UK · Sep 24

Online bookies accused of UK privacy breaches with use of cookie banners

Most gambling websites nudge users towards accepting tracking data and harvest it before consent is given, study shows

The Guardian - UK · Sep 6

Firm fined for hounding elderly people with nuisance calls claiming to stop … nuisance calls

Elderly Aids Ltd, which sells call-blocking devices, made 758,053 cold calls between May 2024 and February 2025

The Guardian - UK · Aug 27

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Information Commissioner backs MoD block on files about US troops in Scotland

THE Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has backed the Ministry of Defence (MoD) after it refused to release any details on the decision to…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 17

Treat online privacy like stranger danger, regulator warns parents

Some 35% of parents believe their child would ‘share personal information in exchange for game tokens or rewards’, according to an ICO survey.

Evening Standard · Apr 6

Cyber attack hits IT system for Northern Ireland schools

The Education Authority said it could not yet confirm whether personal data had been compromised.

Evening Standard · Apr 3

Watchdog urged to investigate Reform’s ‘data harvesting’ energy bills competition

Reform UK says it will pay one British street’s energy bills for a year but campaigners fear it could breach data protection laws

The Independent UK · Mar 17

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Reddit slapped with €16 million fine in UK for failing to protect children's privacy

"Children under 13 had their personal information collected and used in ways they could not understand, consent to or control," said John Edwards, UK Information Commissioner.

Euronews · Feb 24

Judges set to decide fate of police chief constable guilty of contempt of court

Exclusive: Ivan Balhatchet, Northamptonshire’s chief constable, could face up to two years in jail or a fine for repeated failure to obey rulings

The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2025

Capita fined after millions of people’s personal data stolen in cyber attack

Capita fined £14m after data watchdog confirms a wide array of personal information had been exposed

The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2025

Capita hit with £14m fine for personal data breach in 2023 cyber attack

Hackers stole personal information including pension details and staff records as well as details of customers of organisations Capita supports.

Evening Standard · Oct 15, 2025

John Smyth survivor tells of ‘physical reaction’ over redress scheme data breach

Nearly 200 abuse survivors’ details were mistakenly shared in an email.

Evening Standard · Aug 27, 2025

Police staff member suspended over security breach in maternity care investigation

Nottinghamshire Police said information was allegedly changed or deleted from its systems

The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2025

Watchdog urged to probe ‘dangerous shambles’ of Afghan relocation data breaches

A freedom of information request by the BBC revealed there have been 49 data breaches in the past four years.

Evening Standard · Aug 21, 2025

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Evening Standard · Aug 21, 2025

Government ‘admits 49 Afghan data breaches in four years’

Seven breaches were serious enough to be reported to the UK’s data watchdog, the Information Commissioner’s Office.

The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2025

Teachers’ Pensions used to check if I was alive. Now it seems to assume I’m dead

I have to answer their letters to confirm my continued existence. This time the letter didn’t arrive – and my pension has stopped

The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2025

UK betting giants under fire for ads targeting at-risk gamblers

Judge condemns firm for use of customer’s data after problem gambler was sent 1,300 emails over two years

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2025

Clean water campaigners claim victory in Windermere sewage case

United Utilities has dropped legal fight to block access to data on the discharge of treated sewage in Lake District

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The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2024

Westminster honeytrap victims named in email after Met Police data blunder

Force apologises after victims’ email addresses reportedly viewable to eachother in message

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2024

Met Police apologises for email naming alleged Westminster honeytrap victims

Police launched a probe earlier this year after it was reported that a number of men with links to Westminster had received unsolicited messages.

Evening Standard · Nov 29, 2024

Met Police apologises for sharing names of alleged Westminster 'honeytrap' victims in email

Unsolicited messages sent to a number of men with links to Westminster are being investigated by police

The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2024

‘They are ruining my life’: how the shadowy world of debt collection can wreck your finances

A stranger’s bill can be passed, in your name, down a chain of companies until it reaches the courts without you knowing anything about it. The result can be catastrophic

The National (Scotland) · Oct 11, 2024

UK Government apologises for sharing email address of one of world’s richest men

THE UK Government has apologised after accidentally sharing the email address of one of the world’s richest men in the run-up to a major global…

The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2024

Government apologises for accidentally leaking email address of one of world’s richest men

Department for Business and Trade has referred itself to the data protection watchdog over ‘human error’

The Guardian - UK · May 14, 2024

Tory party refers itself to watchdog over alleged data breach

Party reportedly copied in more than 300 email addresses in appeal to supporters to sign up for conference

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