Rise of ‘sex pest texts’ fuels ICO data security warning
UK businesses are being urged to tighten up their data security and governance procedures after a rise of “over-friendly customer…
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BT slammed over handling of dead customer’s account
BT has been hit by a major row after being accused of taking payments from a deceased customer’s bank account…
Missing chef ‘hounded’ by TV Licensing in data cock-up
BBC TV Licensing has been hit by a major data governance row after it has emerged that missing chef Claudia Lawrence –…
Marketers ‘all mouth no trousers’ on consent systems
Marketers talk a good game about the crucial role that consumer preference systems can play in their data-driven strategies, yet…
Department for Education guilty of ‘woeful’ data control
The Department for Education has swerved a £10m data protection fine despite being found guilty of allowing the prolonged misuse…
Good data practice ‘beats off rivals and boosts sales’
A new analysis has confirmed what data professionals have been banging on about for years; good data practice is not…
ICO slated for ‘industrial scale’ internal data cock-ups
The Information Commissioner’s Office has been accused of presiding over “industrial scale” data cock-ups, with a new report revealing that,…
MoJ gets final warning over huge data request backlog
The Ministry of Justice appears to be in the last chance saloon over its shoddy handling of data subject access…
Most Brits still in dark about how their data is handled
UK organisations still need to be far more transparent in how they handle consumers’ personal data, with most Brits remaining…
Virgin Media off the hook as ICO drops data breach case
Virgin Media has escaped enforcement action over its 2019 data breach – which left the personal data of more than…