All news on the topic: Data Protection

Grindr has agreed to pay £26m to settle a lawsuit over allegations it shared users’ personal information - including their HIV status - with third parties.

James Watt, the BrewDog founder who sold the debt-laden “punk” brewer earlier this year, is the subject of complaints to the UK’s data privacy watchdog linked to his surprise bid to buy the company back, the Guardian has learned.

The court found that Intellexa’s Predator software was used to spy on at least 87 victims, including journalists, politicians, military officials, business leaders, and civil society members, delivering the first convictions in an investigation into the illegal use of commercial spyware.

A recent investigation revealed how doctors who have been banned in one country can keep practicing in another. Newly-obtained data shows that national authorities often do not read warnings about doctors sent by counterparts elsewhere.

Police say that CCTV videos hacked from a maternity hospital in India have been sold on Telegram, raising serious questions about privacy and security in a country where such cameras are widespread.

Senior figures at leading cosmetic dental firm Smile White were also seen to use derogatory language in the workplace, an insider has exclusively told LBC.