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…
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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…
Brits will only pay 4p a day to prevent data use in ads
Fears that the marketing industry is alienating consumers by riding roughshod over their personal data appear somewhat wide of the mark,…
Govt reforms to axe Information Commissioner’s role
The Government has launched a major consultation on the future of the Information Commissioner’s Office, as part of its overhaul…
Denham parting shot calls on G7 chiefs to fix cookies
The UK data watchdog is aiming to take the global lead in overhauling cookie consent pop-ups, as part of a…