Google has begun the global rollout of its new ‘hashtags’ feature in Google Maps, which allows users to add hashtags to the end of the reviews they write, thereby helping others to find local attractions and businesses. (more…)

Ride-hailing (and now bike and scooter-hiring) service Uber has been handed a £385,000 fine by the ICO for data protection failings during a cyber-attack back in 2016. (more…)

A report by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) has shown that as 42% of consumers have received communications from businesses they had not given permission to contact them (since GDPR came into force), this could be a key reason why consumer trust in businesses is still at a low level. (more…)

Vision Direct has been a victim of a co-ordinated cyber breach courtesy of a hack attack. The company stated that nearly 6,000 customers credit card details used between November 3rd and 8th 2018 have been affected by this grotesque cyber crime. (more…)

A former British Army soldier, Phil Kimpton, spoke to the BBC about how he landed on ‘civvy street’ with depression and without a plan for the future. However, undeterred, Phil embarked on a training and networking journey that led him to become a cyber security expert. (more…)

The Information Commissioner’s Office has appointed its first ‘Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Artificial Intelligence’. Dr Reuben Binns, a leading academic in this field, will according to the ICO explore the dynamics of AI and data protection through the context of framework planning. (more…)

London’s finest, the Metropolitan Police, have been investigated by the Information Commissioner’s Office who have found that their use and deployment of a so-called ‘Gangs Matrix was an egregious breach of current data protection laws. (more…)

The Information Commissioner’s Office has brought a successful prosecution against Mustafa Kasim, resulting in a six-month prison sentence which represents a ‘first’ in relation to a successful prosecution under the Computer Misuse Act on behalf of the ICO. (more…)

We all use apps on a daily basis, but if you’d like to know which apps are the most useful for small business, here is a list of the top 25 that could help you:  Go to: https://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/small-business/20-apps-small-business-owners/

Mozilla’s latest update for its Firefox Quantum browser includes the Firefox Monitor 2.0 security tool, which can tell you whether a site you’re visiting has suffered a security breach in the last 12 months and whether your details have been leaked online. (more…)