A new report by accounting company RSM announced that almost one in three European businesses are not compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation. RSM conducted a survey with the European Business Awards and spoke to over 300 companies. It was noted that medium-sized businesses are “struggling to understand and implement” GDPR. Since its implementation […]
Posted on 23rd July 2019 .
Last week, news broke of a data breach in Bulgaria that impacted upon over five million of the nation’s citizens. The breach occurred when a hacker broke into the National Revenue Agency to steal names, income details and social security data. The hacker then forwarded 57 folders holding 11gb of data to media outlets in Bulgaria, warning […]
Posted on 22nd July 2019 .
Slack has said it will reset user passwords that the workplace support platform believes may have been compromised during a data breach that hit the firm in 2015. At the time of the incident, the firm revealed its security defences had been breached by hackers who broke into the profile user database to access scrambled […]
Posted on 19th July 2019 .
Boeing is setting aside $4.9 billion to cover the costs of grounding its 737 Max model.
Posted on 19th July 2019 .
As many as two million public sector workers are set to receive a pay rise of 2-3%, according to The Times.
Posted on 19th July 2019 .
The finalists for the 2019 NatWest Great British Entrepreneur Awards have been announced.
Posted on 18th July 2019 .
The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator has warned the UK will have to “face the consequences” if it chooses to leave without a deal.
Posted on 18th July 2019 .
Workers whose jobs are lost to automation and robotics will be retrained under a new government scheme.
Posted on 18th July 2019 .
A tech chief has spoken out about the need for adequate data protection measures within IoT (Internet of Things) products, citing security as critical to winning consumer confidence. Jamie Siminoff, the founder and principal inventor behind the smart doorbell manufacturer, Ring, feels that the company’s devices’ success hinges on privacy safeguards and the ability to […]
Posted on 18th July 2019 .
The salary threshold for immigrants should be cut from £30,000 to £20,000 in a bid to address the UK’s skills shortage, businesses and education bodies have said.
Posted on 17th July 2019 .
Workers should not have to request flexible working, instead, it should be the default position for employers, according to one MP.
Posted on 17th July 2019 .
This summer sees the arrival of The Great Hack, a documentary exploring the Facebook / Cambridge Analytica scandal and how it lifts the mask on the dark arts of personal data processing. The scandal has its roots in the start of this decade, when an apparently innocuous personality app appeared on Facebook in which millions […]
Posted on 17th July 2019 .
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