Dark times in the Fens, as Lincolnshire County Council finds itself in the grip of diabolical cyber-blackmailers who demand £1,000,000 to release the local authority from the grip of a terrifying new strain of virus that has locked up all their files. As ever, it’s unwise to judge the outcome before all of the details are […]
Dark times on the Wirral, as confidential memos about web filtering fly around, suggesting skullduggery on the corridors of Council power. The headlines are remarkable: “Confidential memo tells shocked Wirral councillors their emails are being read by town hall bosses“, which would be quite a thing if it was true. Following the receipt of offensive emails about Hillsborough, […]
For some time, the Information Commissioner’s Office has advised organisations of all shapes and sizes to indulge in the masochistic activity of ‘breach notification’. Though taken to absurd levels of hair-shirtery in the NHS and some councils, the belief that any attention-grabbing data-related cock-up must automatically be reported to the ICO is widely held. I […]
