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A March 2024 Domestic Violence Protection Notice erroneously included the victim's home address; the ICO chose a reprimand over a fine after the force made improvements.
A November 1, 2024 ransomware attack used a 12-year-old Test2 account protected by the password Password1 and took 42GB.
The ICO reprimanded, but did not fine, Ogi Networks and Data Cymru after 42 GB was stolen and 182.7 GB encrypted.
A November 1, 2024 ransomware attack exposed 3,300 people, mostly children, through a long-lived Test2 account.
Stolen SD cards from a UK school photographer's van may hold Priory School pupils' photos, names, and classes.
UK ICO reprimands the Metropolitan Police after personal data on 179 people reached unapproved Auror.
ICO reprimanded London's Met Police for uploading 179 people's details to Auror without required checks.
TFG London's Hobbs, Phase Eight, and Whistles brands are disrupted after an October 11 cyberattack.
Ten major AI firms pledged UK data-protection changes after the ICO pushed transparency and opened a Grok probe.
Domino's reset a small number of UK accounts after credential-stuffing logins that used reused passwords.
Britain’s data regulator is now a board-led Information Commission and has moved its headquarters to Manchester.
UK Ministry of Justice apologized after court staff accessed Southport attack victims' files without authorization, exposing sensitive personal data with no evidence of third-party sharing.
Natural Resources Wales inadvertently exposed diversity data of about 2,000 current and former staff via a 2021 Freedom of Information spreadsheet published online.
The UK's ICO urged police forces deploying facial recognition to strengthen data governance and follow the regulator's published recommendations.
The UK ICO formally reprimanded ACRO Criminal Records Office over a 2023 breach caused by patching and security monitoring failures.
UK ICO reprimands ACRO criminal records office after three undetected intrusions over two years exposed thousands of records, including domestic violence victims.
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