‘Tricky at best, pointless at worst’; ICO fines 23andMe
The UK Information Commissioner has raised more than a few eyebrows after trying to make a bold statement by fining…
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Fresh call for Brussels to scrap UK adequacy agreement
The European Commission is being urged to tear up the UK’s data adequacy agreement – estimated to be worth up…
ICO vows to tackle emerging AI tech ‘to protect public’
The Information Commissioner’s Office has insisted it will step up its supervision of AI and biometric technologies, “so people can…
Peers stand firm as data reforms ‘ping pong’ continues
The House of Lords has once again voted in favour of adding copyright protections to the Data (Use & Access)…
Ministers invoke 1678 law to block AI copyright protest
The Government has been accused of abandoning the creative sector after ministers used a parliamentary procedure dating from 1678 to…
Data reforms hit as Lords mount revolt over AI copyright
The Data (Use & Access) Bill has been hit by a major revolt in the House of Lords after peers…
Data reforms inch closer but Govt fails to defuse AI row
The Government’s data reforms have moved ever closer to becoming law with the third reading of the Data (Use &…
TikTok whacked once again as privacy fines near €1bn
Advertisers might be clamouring to hand their budgets to TikTok but its data protection record has been battered once more…
Assassin’s Creed firm accused of illegal data collection
Video game giant Ubisoft – the company behind Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Prince of Persia – has been accused of…
Meta restarts Europe AI data grab after opt-out U-turn
Tech giant Meta is rebooting its scheme to train its AI models on the data of both UK and EU…