Irish ‘helped Facebook create GDPR consent loophole’
The Irish Data Protection Commission has been accused of aiding and abetting Facebook to develop a “GDPR bypass”, allowing the…
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Footballers cry foul over ‘abuse’ of performance data
Hundreds of professional footballers are threatening to sue major betting, entertainment and data collection firms over what they claim is…
Top brands fingered and fined for being PECR wreckers
The Information Commissioner’s Office has sent out yet another warning to companies that it will leave no stone unturned in…
Cold war: Another pension business gets hit in the PECR
Halifax-based company Parkin Beacher has become the latest firm to fall foul of the crackdown on illegal marketing to people…
Top brands face official probe for illegal consent cookies
More than 400 companies – including major brands – are facing GDPR investigations across Europe for using unlawful cookie banners to…
Sainsbury’s data cock-up delays product recall email
GDPR might have been in force for over three years but still even the biggest brands are getting it wrong…
Ditch murky data capture and give us control, say Brits
The days of companies using “smoke and mirrors” techniques to railroad consumers into handing over their online browsing data could…
Brazier exposed as PECR wrecker gets pukka penalty
Claims management firm Brazier Consulting Services has become the latest business to be exposed as a PECR pest after being…
‘Distressing’ spam texts cook up trouble for Papa John’s
Takeaway chain Papa John’s, whose strapline is “Better Ingredients. Better Pizza”, has paid the price for getting its marketing mix…
Facebook nemesis targets sites over consent cookies
Austrian privacy activist and lawyer Max Schrems, who has been a thorn in the side of Facebook for nearly a…