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Information Law weekly highlights—4 October 2018

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Published on: 04 October 2018

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Data protection
STS Commercial successfully appeals ICO £60,000 fine over spam texts
Manchester firm fined £150,000 for nuisance marketing calls
ICO fines Bupa for systemic data protection failures
ICO highlights GDPR strategy at European Data Protection Board meeting
Cybersecurity
Memorandum of Understanding to fight hackers and fraudsters set up
Global cost of cybersecurity issues could be £6trn by 2021, report finds
Tesco Bank fined £16.4m for cyber attack deficiencies
New programme to train next generation of cyber security experts

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Article summary

This week’s edition of Information Law highlights includes: details on a successful appeal to the Information Commissioner’s Office of a monetary penalty notice issued over spam texts as well as details on fines issued to a Manchester firm for nuisance marketing and Bupa for systematic data protection failures, alongside a discussion of the potential increase in global costs of cybersecurity by 2021 and a Brexit bulletin regarding preparations six months ahead of exit day.

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