Information Commissioner

Virgin Media has apologised after a database containing personal details of 900,000 customers was accessed without permission due to being "incorrectly configured".

British Airways is facing a fine of £183.39 million after a data breach last year which compromised the details of about 500,000 customers. 

Pension cold-calling will be banned from Wednesday 9 January, in a bid to tackle pension scams.

BT has been fined £77,000 by the information watchdog after it sent nearly five million nuisance emails to customers.

Comparison site MoneySupermarket has been fined £80,000 after it sent an email to millions of customers who had opted out of marketing messages.

The data protection watchdog is to contact more than 1,000 firms that buy and sell people's personal details to ensure they are acting lawfully.

About 2.4 million former and existing mobile phone users who took out contracts or bought handsets via Carphone Warehouse and its subsidiary brands are being encouraged to alert their bank about a potential data breach as soon as possible.

An investigation has been launched into claims that millions of people's pension pot details are being sold to criminals for as little as 5p.

Firms plaguing people with nuisance calls and texts face a clampdown by the Government as new laws taking effect from 6 April mean they can be hit with fines of up to £500,000.

Nearly 100,000 customers with Staysure travel insurance policies should check their card and bank statements now for fraudulent transactions, after a cyber-attack saw card details stolen from the firm.