Deceptive data processing sparks biggest GDPR fines
Companies are far more likely to fall foul of GDPR for dodgy data processing than for any other issue, with…
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Experian lawyers set for long battle against ICO ruling
Experian is threatening a lengthy legal battle over an order that forces the firm to make fundamental changes to how…
Experian given ultimatum to delete dodgy data or else
Nearly three weeks after the Information Commissioner’s Office suggested the UK’s data industry had been cleared of any wrongdoing in…
‘Spymaster’ Google outlaws ads for consumer tracking
Google is likely to raise more than a few eyebrows by banning the advertising of products and services which track…
Germans stomp on Facebook over ‘illicit’ data sharing
The German high court has upheld an order for Facebook to stop the “illicit” practice of collecting and using customers’…
Here we go again: Google back in dock for data tracking
The Court of Appeal has paved the way for iPhone users to sue Google for damages over the alleged abuse…
RNLI axes opt-in as ‘perfect storm’ batters fundraising
Lifeboat charity RNLI is ditching its belt and braces approach to gaining consent for marketing by scrapping its opt-in only…
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…
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…