Now Experian is facing £34bn class action thunderbolt
A new court case is threatening to pile even greater pressure on Experian over its direct marketing data practices, through…
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Epsilon fingered in US lawsuit over selling scam data
The former owner of data-driven marketing giant Epsilon has been forced to cough up $150m (£110m) in an effort to avoid…
ICO gunning for data brokers as adtech probe resumes
The Information Commissioner’s Office has put the data broking industry on red alert after reopening its adtech investigation, some eight…
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…
UK data giants ‘off the hook’ over Cambridge Analytica
The UK data industry appears to have been told to “keep calm and carry on” despite repeated claims of wrongdoing over the…
Top UK data firms still under investigation, 2 years on
The Information Commissioner’s Office investigation into Cambridge Analytica and SCL Elections might be done and dusted but the regulator has…
DLG owner signs deal to buy online data giant MyOffers
DM Ltd, the company behind data firms DLG and PDV, is aiming to boost its operations with the acquisition of…
Data marketing industry ‘put on notice to adapt or die’
Just 24 hours after the adtech sector was accused of systemic breaches of GDPR, the guns are now being turned…
Bounty ditches broker deals after £400,000 ICO fine
Bounty UK has been forced to scrap all its contracts with data brokers following a £400,000 fine from the Information…