Brussels hits Facebook for €110m over WhatsApp deal
Facebook has been whacked with a €110m (£94.5m) fine by the European Commission for “providing incorrect or misleading information” about…
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Double-glazing firm smashed for £50k over TPS breach
The Information Commissioner’s Office has made life rather gloomy for double-glazing company Brighter Home Solutions after it bashed the firm…
Ofgem mothballs plan for energy customer database
Ofgem is understood to have shelved plans to build a giant customer database to allow energy firms to target potential…
NSPCC unveils new Share Aware ad with Catherine Tate
NSPCC is launching a new campaign as part of its ‘Share Aware’ strategy – backed by O2 and Mumsnet –…
ASA slams brakes on award winning Volvo LifePaint ad
The ad watchdog has banned a multi-award winning campaign for Volvo LifePaint – which promoted a reflective safety spray designed to…
UK firms ‘leaving themselves wide open to ransomware’
Over half of all UK firms are still running Windows XP, the Microsoft software which has been exploited by the…
Marketing bosses rank as some of the worst in the UK
The marketing industry is home to some of the UK’s worst bosses, with favouritism, poor people skills and unprofessional practice…
Full opt-in is not only GDPR solution, insists DMA chief
DMA head of preference services, compliance and legals John Mitchison has advised companies not to get too hung up on…
Ex-Proximity chief Kavanagh nets Oliver Group ECD role
Oliver Group, the inhouse agency specialist, has appointed former Proximity London creative chief Rob Kavanagh to take on the role…
Keith Mills hit by £13m tax bill after losing HMRC case
Sir Keith Mills, the founder of Nectar and major investor in loyalty specialist Ecrebo, has reportedly been hit with a…