ICO and Irish DPC ‘among the worst GDPR enforcers’
Fresh evidence has emerged as to why privacy groups have such a beef against the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office and…
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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…
Govt-backed Covid app hit by SamCam marketing gaffe
A Covid-19 tracking app, backed by Government funding and King’s College London, has been forced to issue a grovelling apology…
BA ‘humiliates’ ICO by slashing £183m fine to £20m
The Information Commissioner’s Office has been accused of a humiliating climbdown after being forced to slash its proposed GDPR fine…
Virgin Media has 4 weeks to settle breach case ‘or else’
Virgin Media has been given four weeks to admit liability for a major data breach, which left customers’ details freely…
Klarna ‘skating on thin ice’ over email marketing gaffe
Swedish fintech Klarna, which provides online financial services to many of the UK’s leading retailers, has been forced to apologise…
Once more with feeling: Marriott wins new delay to fine
Another week, and Marriott International has secured yet another delay to its proposed GDPR fine, the fifth time its lawyers…
From bad to worse: Blackbaud admits finance data loss
US cloud and education software giant Blackbaud has finally admitted the data breach which hit scores of UK universities and…
Airbnb sleepwalks into breach of hosts’ personal data
Airbnb has become the latest holiday brand to suffer a major data breach after the company was forced to admit…
Blackbaud breach sparks legal threat to UK universities
UK universities, many of which are already facing criticism for locking up students in Covid-19 isolation, could soon be facing…