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UK GDPR

3 articles tagged UK GDPR.

Insights30 September 2026

500,000 faces, one false alarm: what the rail facial-recognition trial really tells us

British Transport Police scanned more than half a million faces at London stations over six months. The system raised a single alert, and it was wrong. Before this is filed under 'surveillance that failed', it is worth understanding why the numbers came out as they did, because the lesson is not the one either side is shouting, and it applies to any organisation thinking about biometrics.

Peter Bassill10 min read · 5 reads

Insights27 September 2026

The supplier you stopped using still has your data

Revolut's customers have had their details taken twice in a month, and on neither occasion was Revolut hacked. The second time, the data walked out of a brokerage Revolut had finished migrating away from over a year ago. Supply chain risk does not end when the contract does, and this is what to do about it.

Peter Bassill13 min read · 14 reads

Insights18 September 2026

Your supplier was breached. What did you do before it happened?

A London property manager has told its customers that bank details, passwords and lockbox codes may have been taken through a cloud reporting tool. The tool was the supplier's; the decision about what it could read was not. Here is how to review your supply chain, write it down, and be able to show your working when the inevitable happens.

Peter Bassill18 min read · 23 reads