ICO drops data bombshell as cookie law is overhauled
The Information Commissioner’s Office has torn up its own advice on how firms can gather data through online cookies by…
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Marketers braced for fresh crackdown on online data
Marketers are facing a major new threat to how they gather online data, amid fears that so-called “implied consent” for cookies…
EE clobbered with fine for illegal marketing campaign
Mobile giant EE has become the latest major brand to have its collar felt by the data regulator after being…
Apple accused of illegally sharing iTunes customer data
Apple’s attempt to take the moral high ground over privacy – in which it consistently berates the likes of Amazon,…
The big rebuild: marketing data back to pre-GDPR levels
Claims the GDPR would wipe out tens of millions of customer records have proved about as accurate as a Donald…
Google hit for €50m as French issue first GDPR fine
The French data protection regulator has issued the first fine under GDPR, slapping Google with a €50m (£44m) penalty for…
New crackdown pushes fines for TPS abuse to over £1m
Companies which fail to check their data against the Telephone Preference Service have been warned to expect “robust” action on…
3 million numbers wiped from TPS as clean-up begins
The Information Commissioner’s Office has come good on its pledge to start removing inactive and invalid numbers from the Telephone…
MyLife Digital secures £6m funding for expansion drive
MyLife Digital, the data analytics firm behind Wood for Trees and Insight Analysis, has secured a further £6m in funding…
The dam bursts: companies hit by flood of data requests
Claims that companies would be inundated with data deletion requests once GDPR came in to force might appear to have…