Ryanair flies into privacy storm over forced accounts
Ryanair might face regulary complaints about poor working conditions, extra charges, and a tendency to generate controversy in order to…
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Big issues to tackle in 2025: What’s the future for AI?
In the second of our series of articles, in which Decision Marketing is looking back over the past 12 months…
ICO hails 40 years in office but fails to mention GDPR
The Information Commissioner’s Office is marking its 40th anniversary by detailing the most important moments in data protection and information…
Three-quarters of top sites ‘fail to get consent for ads’
Online businesses continue to be in breach of one of the key tenets of data protection law, with a new…
Asda insists top exits ‘won’t put customer data at risk’
Asda has repudiated claims that it is putting the security of its customer data in jeopardy, after the retailer has…
‘Smart devices collecting data with reckless abandon’
Tech companies stand accused of making “excessive” requests for access to users’ personal data, with smart devices such as TVs,…
LinkedIn hit with €310m GDPR fine over 2018 complaint
Microsoft-owned LinkedIn has been whacked with a €310m (£258m) fine and ordered to overhaul its data processing practices, after being…
Govt resurrects data reforms but industry awaits detail
The Government has resurrected plans for new UK data protection laws – consigned to the scrapheap in the final days…
Certification plan aims to finally tackle online ad privacy
Key players in the marketing and publishing industry are working with the Information Commissioner’s Office in an attempt to finally…
Fresh encryption warning as Meta fines now top €2bn
The Irish Data Protection Commission has sent out a warning to all online firms over how they store passwords after…