GDPR fines double to nearly €100m in first half of 2022
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office might be using GDPR fines as a last resort but its counterparts in the EU…
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Industry claims victory as Data Reform Bill is revealed
The DMA has backed the UK’s plans for data protection reform – revealed this morning – including bigger fines for…
ICO gets £7.5m boost as legal battles continue to rage
The Information Commissioner’s Office has secured a £15% “pay rise” – which could give the regulator an additional £7.5m a…
Omnicom Group hires first global data privacy chief
Omnicom Group is aiming to bolster its data protection practices with the appointment of its first global chief data privacy…
Apple slices up data brokers as privacy war escalates
Apple is ramping up its attack on the data broker industry in a global ad campaign designed to show how…
App-ocalypse Now: Marketers losing sleep and money
The new era of data protection, which has seen Apple enforce advertising identifier (IDFA) changes and Google get ready to…
Latest ICO adtech ‘warning’ infuriates privacy groups
The Information Commissioner’s Office is once again under fire over its inaction on the adtech industry’s mass abuse of data, despite…
WhatsApp rewrites data T&Cs but contests GDPR fine
WhatsApp has admitted it is overhauling its privacy policy as a result of the proposed €225m (£190m) GDPR fine from…
Discord of the Ring: Court rules against Amazon device
Amazon has urged customers who have installed its Ring doorbell – which it is claimed helps to keep burglars, chancers…
Google DeepMind faces UK class action over health data
Google is facing yet another class action in the UK, this time over the controversial deal which saw its DeepMind…