By Leo Kelion A company that offers pregnant women and new parents health advice and gifts, faces a fine for illegally sharing more than a million people’s personal data with…
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Yahoo fined £250,000 over cyber-attack
Yahoo’s UK arm has been fined £250,000 ($335,000) by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) over a data breach affecting more than 500 million users which took place in 2014.…
Altaba Fined $35m for Yahoo Breach Notification Failings
Phil Muncaster The company formerly known as Yahoo has agreed to pay a $35m penalty to the Securities and Exchange Commission after failing to notify the market promptly about a breach…
Yahoo Agrees $80m Securities Class Action Settlement
Phil Muncaster Yahoo has agreed to pay $80m to settle a class action suit filed by investors relating to data breaches affecting three billion customers. Several shareholders filed the suit in…
Carphone Warehouse fined £400,000 over data breach
Carphone Warehouse has been fined £400,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after a data breach in 2015. Hackers gained unauthorised access to the personal data of more than three…
Moneysupermarket fined £80,000 for spamming seven million customers
By Rebecca Hill Price-comparison darling Moneysupermarket.com has been fined £80,000 for sending 7.1 million emails to customers who had opted out of receiving direct marketing emails. The UK’s data protection…