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Council Employee Fined £400 for Deleting Audio File illegally

A council employee has been fined £400 for an offence under the Freedom of Information (FOI) regulations, marking the first ever successful conviction under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Nicola Young, town clerk of Whitchurch Town Council, was convicted under Section 77 of the FOIA of deliberately obstructing records with the intent to prevent disclosure.

News UK

·6 years ago

OnePlus to invest almost $30 million in 5G Research and Development

OnePlus is to invest almost USD 30 million to scale up 5G research and development labs. Having started 5G research as early as 2016, OnePlus plans to extend its plans to push 5G research and development forward.

News 5G

·6 years ago

Ofcom fines BT £245,000 for overcharging EE customers

Ofcom has fined BT £245,000 after an investigation found that the company overcharged EE’s mobile customers for making calls to 118 directory enquiries services.

News EE UK BT Group

·6 years ago

Virgin Media breach exposed data of 900,000 customers

Virgin Media has revealed that a Virgin Media database containing the personal details of 900,000 people was left unsecured and accessible online for 10 months.

News UK

·6 years ago

Three UK and Ireland merge to achieve greater scale

Three UK today announced that Dave Dyson has informed the company of his intention to step down from his role as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for personal reasons. Dave will be succeeded by Robert Finnegan, who is currently CEO of Three Ireland.

News Three UK

·6 years ago

T-Mobile hit by yet another Data Breach

In the United States, T-Mobile has announced a data breach caused by an email vendor being hacked that exposed the personal and financial information for some of its customers.

US News

·6 years ago

International airline fined £500,000 for failing to secure customers’ personal data

Cathay Pacific Airways Limited has been fined £500,000 by The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for failing to protect the security of its customers’ personal data.

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·6 years ago

O2 plans to become UK’s first net zero mobile network

O2 plans to reduce carbon emissions across its business by 2025, giving UK consumers and businesses a mobile network where calls, texts and data are powered by cleaner, greener energy.

News O2 UK

·6 years ago

Scottish company fined £500,000 for making nuisance calls

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined CRDNN Limited with the maximum £500,000 fine for making more than 193 million automated nuisance calls.

News UK

·6 years ago

InterSystems and Imprivata team up to provide secure access to patient and clinical data

InterSystems is partnering with Imprivata to give clinicians secure access to patient and clinical data. Healthcare providers using InterSystems TrakCare will be able to select their preferred method of user authentication from the options of ‘tap and go’ proximity cards, swipe card or biometric authentication.

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·6 years ago

Samsung Begins Mass Production of 16GB LPDDR5 DRAM

Samsung has begun mass producing the industry’s first 16-gigabyte (GB) LPDDR5 mobile DRAM package for next-generation premium smartphones.

News Samsung

·6 years ago

Imprivita IAM solutions with Imprivata Identity Governance now available in UK

Digital identity company for healthcare, Imprivita, has today announced the extension to its Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions with Imprivata Identity Governance, is now available in the UK.

News UK

·6 years ago

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