Tech giants join forces to tackle data sharing issues
With most tech giants still struggling to come to terms with GDPR, Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Twitter have at least…
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Equifax tries to kill off ‘far fetched’ data breach claims
Equifax has attempted to kick out the mass lawsuits taken out against the firm following last year’s data breach by…
Facebook suspends analytics firm which works for BBC
Facebook is attempting to prove it is serious about customers’ privacy by suspending yet another analytics firm – whose clients…
ICO takes no prisoners as complaints and fines rocket
The Information Commissioner’s Office has suggested it will leave no stone unturned in its fight against those companies which persist in flouting…
€4bn Google fine ‘sets the benchmark’ for GDPR action
The European Commission’s record €4.34bn (£3.9bn) fine for antitrust practices over the Android mobile operating system has “set the benchmark”…
‘Teflon’ Facebook sees ad spend rise by nearly 50%
Consumers may be worried about Facebook’s data governance but predictions that the Cambridge Analytica data scandal would trigger a mass defection…
Omnicom links LiveRamp and Experian for data platform
Just days after IPG bought Acxiom, rival Omnicom Group is aiming to prove its own data-driven credentials with the launch…
Just 2% of consumers trust agencies with their data
Marketing and advertising agencies have a mountain to climb when it comes to gaining consumers’ trust in handling their personal…
Callcredit brand axed as company rebrands TransUnion
Callcredit, the company which started life as an offshoot of the Skipton Building Society in 2000 before being sold last…
Major UK data firms under scrutiny as watchdog bites
Some of the UK’s leading data companies, including CACI, Experian, Equifax, TransUnion (formerly Callcredit) and Data8, are among those firms…