66,000 at risk as payday loans firm admits data breach
Payday loan company Trusted Quid is not exactly living up to its name after becoming the latest firm to fess…
Articles by Charlie McKelvey
How to stop your company being the next data scandal
Data is under the spotlight yet again as the ICO ramps up its investigation into Cambridge Analytica, the UK firm…
Cambridge Analytica chief steps down from DMA role
The chair of the DMA’s Business to Business Council Richard Robinson, who is commercial vice-president of Cambridge Analytica, has stepped…
BBD Perfect Storm launches male marketing division
BBD Perfect Storm is launching a new division focused on “marketing to men” and has hired a senior Unilever executive…
Omaid Hiwaizi leaves Blippar to set up tech consultancy
Blippar global head of experience strategy Omaid Hiwaizi has left the augmented reality business after nearly three years to launch…
ICO applies for warrant as Facebook scandal escalates
Facebook has been rocked by the ongoing Cambridge Analytica scandal, with $37bn (£26bn) wiped off its value as the Information…
GDPR: Making the case for using legitimate interests
With the exception of wilful cowboys, most organisations – whether they are a charity or a commercial business – probably…
Snapchat touted as ‘one to watch’ despite Jenner blast
Social media star Kylie Jenner may be ‘sooo over’ Snapchat but the mobile network is expected to generate around £105m…
Wunderman lures Oliver UK chief for ‘onsite’ agency
Wunderman has poached Oliver UK chief operating officer James Sanderson to lead a new onsite operation which replicates the Oliver…
Cambridge Analytica row ‘lets genie out of the bottle’
Claims that Cambridge Analytica employed clandestine methods to harvest the data of 50 million Facebook users have finally “let the…