Privacy probe gives female apps a clean bill of health
A full-scale investigation into the personal data practices of major female health apps – including those that monitor periods and fertility…
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AI plagiarism concerns fail to halt widescale adoption
Artificial intelligence tools might be sweeping through the marketing industry like a dose of salts but well over two-thirds (69%)…
Firms admit AI fears justified; 27% have even banned it
More than 9 out of 10 businesses recognise they must do more to reassure customers that their data is used…
HelloFresh scorched for 80m illegal emails and texts
Global food delivery company HelloFresh, whose annual revenues top €6bn, has been fingered by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office for…
Regulator wades into row over ‘data snooping’ by DWP
Information Commissioner John Edwards has stepped into the row over plans to give the Government powers to snoop on benefit…
Decision Marketing Data Clinic: New personal data law
The Government’s proposed data reforms – under the Data Protection & Digital Information (No. 2) Bill – are due to…
Edwards: Clearview AI appeal ‘a matter of principle’
Information Commissioner John Edwards is not giving up on his quest to bring facial recognition giant Clearview AI to book,…
ICO grovels to NatWest chief over ‘Farage-gate’ probe
The Information Commissioner’s Office has been forced to apologise to former NatWest chief executive Dame Alison Rose over the so-called “Farage-gate”…
ICO insists it is ‘here to help’ in fight against shoplifting
The Information Commissioner’s Office has responded to calls from the retail industry to help tackle the growing problem of shoplifting,…
ICO issues ChatGPT warning in Snapchat privacy probe
The Information Commissioner’s Office has sent out a warning shot to companies using generative artificial intelligence tools, taking its first…