Three-quarters of top sites ‘fail to get consent for ads’
Online businesses continue to be in breach of one of the key tenets of data protection law, with a new…
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Asda insists top exits ‘won’t put customer data at risk’
Asda has repudiated claims that it is putting the security of its customer data in jeopardy, after the retailer has…
‘Smart devices collecting data with reckless abandon’
Tech companies stand accused of making “excessive” requests for access to users’ personal data, with smart devices such as TVs,…
LinkedIn hit with €310m GDPR fine over 2018 complaint
Microsoft-owned LinkedIn has been whacked with a €310m (£258m) fine and ordered to overhaul its data processing practices, after being…
Govt resurrects data reforms but industry awaits detail
The Government has resurrected plans for new UK data protection laws – consigned to the scrapheap in the final days…
Certification plan aims to finally tackle online ad privacy
Key players in the marketing and publishing industry are working with the Information Commissioner’s Office in an attempt to finally…
Fresh encryption warning as Meta fines now top €2bn
The Irish Data Protection Commission has sent out a warning to all online firms over how they store passwords after…
LinkedIn caves in over AI data but tech fightback begins
LinkedIn has become the latest tech giant to cave into pressure over its artificial intelligence training programme following an intervention…
Google faces GDPR probe over PaLM2 AI programme
Google has become the latest tech giant to have its collar felt by the data protection authorities over its AI…
ICO lays into Labour Party over data request backlog
The Labour Party has become the latest organisation to incur the wrath of the Information Commissioner’s Office after being issued…