How British Airways Paid the Price for a Preventable Privacy Breach

July 19, 2025
£20 Million Later: How British Airways Paid the Price for a Preventable Privacy Breach In today’s digital economy, data is both an asset and a liability—and nowhere was this more evident than in the British Airways (BA) data breach. In 2020, the airline was fined £20 million by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), one […]
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Which Tech Giants Have Been Caught and Fined for Privacy Failures?

July 18, 2025
Tech Giants and the True Cost of Privacy Fines The cost of data misuse for tech giants is no longer just a hypothetical risk; it's a multi-billion-dollar reality. From record-breaking GDPR fines to unprecedented shareholder lawsuits, the question isn't if companies will pay for privacy failures, but how much, and whether current penalties truly drive […]
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How Much Should a Company Pay for Failing to Protect Its Users?

July 17, 2025
The True Cost of Privacy Failure: How Much Should a Company Pay for Failing to Protect Its Users? Could a historic fine truly deter a tech titan? When Facebook (now Meta Platforms) was fined $5 billion by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 2019 following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the number was historic—the largest fine […]
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ChatGPT’s David Mayer Glitch: A Privacy and AI Dilemma

December 4, 2024
ChatGPT’s David Mayer Glitch: A Privacy and AI Dilemma In recent days, an unusual event involving ChatGPT, the AI-driven chatbot, has caused a stir across social media platforms. The name David Mayer became an internet sensation after users discovered that ChatGPT refused to acknowledge it. Every attempt to get the bot to produce the name […]
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How Can Audio Translation Software Help Your Business Go Global

August 22, 2022
Luckily for them, there are audio translation services out there that help them keep the conversation flowing, in any possible language. In this article, we'll explain why this is so important, and how these audio translation services can help your organisation stay ahead of your competitors. What we’ll cover in this article: What is audio […]
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Why CEOs Need to Take a Proactive Approach to Cybersecurity

October 22, 2020
As cyberattacks grow ever more damaging and widespread, business leadership must become more involved in cybersecurity – and recognise that prevention of breaches is just as important as detection.
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GDPR: Where are We Now?

December 20, 2019
With clear guidelines to increase consumer data protection combined with very clear consequences should businesses breach this ruling, GDPR was a trending term both online and offline last spring. Where many businesses invested time and resource into revising all processes to quickly comply with this legislation, others failed to understand how GDPR would impact their […]
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What Have CEOs Done for Data Privacy Since GDPR?

December 3, 2019
Privacy continues to be the most important aspect of data management for the majority of businesses.
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A Guide To The Mutating Ethics Of GDPR

November 29, 2018
Personal data has never been more valuable for business executives. CEOs and business leaders across the globe are pushing their teams to take advantage of the enormous opportunities that data provides, from creating hyper-targeted marketing campaigns to utilising historical data to identify potential credit risks. Consumers willingly allow the collection and use of their data, […]
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Is Your Mobile Workforce Putting Your Company at Risk of a Data Breach?

September 11, 2018
Last month, Parliament Street revealed that within the last year, commuters lost over 26,000 electronic devices on London’s Transport for London (TfL) network. Working on the go has become commonplace for many employees, but the security risks of mobile working are often overlooked. Below Jan van Vliet, VP and GM EMEA at Digital Guardian, discusses […]
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The Perks of Paperless Processes

July 23, 2018
Businesses are more conscious than ever of their impact on the environment. And with studies estimating an annual spend for companies of around $8 billion a year to manage their paper usage, digital alternatives are looking more and more appealing. So, what are the benefits of ditching paper processes in favour of digital replacements? Maplewave, […]
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5 Keys to Customer Data Protection Now that GDPR is Here

June 29, 2018
Protecting customer data should always be a top priority for businesses. But doing so is increasingly extending beyond moral responsibility and taking on the form of legal requirement. As we all know, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect May 25. The set of regulations, which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998, legislates online […]
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