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Businesses are failing the digital trust test as their ability to protect customers lags expectations, according to a survey by McKinsey. It found that while 70 per cent of consumers trust the… More

Organisations need to learn key lessons from digital failures, according to a report by the National Audit Office (NAO). The body analysed 25 years of government initiatives in digital transformation. But instead… More

A data sharing code of practice has been placed before the House of Commons in the UK that provides guidance on how organisations should manage the information they collect and use. "The… More

Companies transferring data outside of the European Union received new guidance on safely doing so from the European Data Protection Board this month. This follows a move by the Court of Justice… More

With the proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) systems in organisations, machine or assisted decision-making is becoming prevalent. Recent guidance from the Information Commissioners’ Office is designed to help organisations explain to the… More

Members of the so-called C-suite – executives such as chief risk officer, chief finance officer, and so on – were twelve times more likely to be the target of social cyberattack incidents… More

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued formal warnings to major political parties across the UK after it found risks in relation to the way they obtain and process personal data and… More

In October, the Court of Appeal found Morrisons Supermarkets vicariously liable for a data breach caused by the actions of a disgruntled employee. It is the first successful UK class action of… More

Most risk managers at the IRM's Big Debate event in London this July had started their GDPR projects. But from a show of hands, few considered the General Data Protection Regulation an… More