In a post-GDPR market, organisations are becoming increasingly more aware of their obligations and responsibilities to keep data safe. The ICO has progressively increased the monetary value of fines handed out for failing to comply with the new legislation. In the last quarter alone, the ICO have fined various organisations over £1.5m for avoidable incidents. […]
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NHS fined £200,000 by ICO for ‘truly shocking’ data breach
Over 3,000 patient records were found on a second-hand NHS computer that was auctioned on eBay. NHS Surrey failed to check that the data destruction company had properly disposed of the records. In a data breach quoted as one of the most serious they’ve ever seen, NHS Surrey has been fined £200,000 by the Information […]
Data Centre World exhibition 27th-28th February
DiskShred are delighted to announce that they are attending the Data Centre World 2013 Exhibition. The UKs, largest dedicated data centre event will be held on the 27th and 28th of February. The two day event will showcase a range of exhibitors and aims to help data centre managers and professionals plan, implement and manage […]
