Now Google faces fresh GDPR probe into location data
Google’s advertising strapline of “Do the right thing” could not be less apposite when it comes to the tech giant’s privacy…
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Students secure payout over ‘life on show’ data breach
As Morrisons staff await a Supreme Court ruling and iPhone users twiddle their thumbs outside the High Court, hundreds of…
US industry bodies call for delay in CCPA enforcement
The US DMA has joined forces with a gaggle of other American marketing trade bodies to call for a six-month…
Ding-dong Facebook calling: Amazon Ring blurts data
The Amazon-owned Ring doorbell app, which its advertising claims helps to keep burglars, chancers and conmen at bay, is casually…
Marketers finally sit up and take notice of data privacy
It seems the penny has finally dropped in the marketing department that data privacy really is crucial, with the vast…
Tough new laws aim to protect kids from online harm
Online companies will soon face the threat of mega fines for ignoring a raft of new measures designed to protect…
Twitter opens up ‘privacy centre’ to boost transparency
Twitter is aiming to be more transparent about how it handles user data, including the information advertisers receive, by setting…
Brussels told to get a move on with ePrivacy overhaul
The lack of progress over the EU ePrivacy Regulation is leading to the continued abuse of consumers’ most sensitive data,…
Privacy group urges ICO to spank King’s Cross developer
Big Brother Watch has called on the Information Commissioner’s Office to throw the book at the King’s Cross Central development…
Facebook privacy update is ‘just a regulatory sweetener’
Facebook’s latest privacy overhaul – in which it has vowed to let users stop it from tracking them when they…