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Eurofins, the UK’s largest police forensics lab paid ransom after an attack

Security Affairs

Eurofins Scientific, the UK’s biggest provider of forensic services, has paid a ransom to demand to recover its data after a ransomware attack. ” the Crown Prosecution Service said. The company is based in Brussels and manages more than 800 laboratories all over the world. .” usual if all parties agree.”

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Police in England and Wales dropping rape inquiries when victims refuse to hand in phones

The Guardian Data Protection

Investigation finds cases being closed when complainants refuse ‘digital strip search’ Rape investigations are being systematically dropped after victims refuse to hand over their mobile phones for analysis, an investigation has found.

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GUEST ESSAY: The true cost of complacency, when it comes to protecting data, content

The Last Watchdog

According to research by one law firm, pre-GDPR regulatory fines had almost doubled , on average, between 2017 and 2018, up from £73,191 to £146,412. Even those organisations involved in law enforcement don’t seem to get it. Those figures pale when stacked against the potential bottom line impact that now exists.

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Comics for Consumer Communication

ChiefTech

Yet, social service agencies looking to provide services to hard-to-reach groups like immigrants, cultural minorities, and the poor have taken pride in innovative outreach methods. The Legal Services Society (LSS) in BC is the provincial agency that provides legal aid to poor and marginalized residents of the province.