Amazon hit by €32m fine for ‘excessive’ staff monitoring
Amazon’s staff surveillance techniques – branded “bruising” by the UK GMB union – have sparked a €32m (£27m) fine in…
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Two PECR wreckers sent packing as ICO war rages on
The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued its second warning in as many weeks over rogue marketing practices after slapping two…
HelloFresh scorched for 80m illegal emails and texts
Global food delivery company HelloFresh, whose annual revenues top €6bn, has been fingered by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office for…
Charities can ring the changes with legitimate interest
While we may still be some way from seeing the UK Government’s plans to update data and digital regulations becoming…
Amazon starts appeal against ‘flawed’ €746m GDPR fine
Online retail giant Amazon has launched an appeal against its €746m (£636m) GDPR fine – the second highest penalty since…
Regulator wades into row over ‘data snooping’ by DWP
Information Commissioner John Edwards has stepped into the row over plans to give the Government powers to snoop on benefit…
That was then, this is now… for data protection reforms
This time last year, it appeared that the UK data protection reforms – hailed by Government ministers back in 2021…
Probe finds little evidence of ‘sex pest text’ epidemic
The Information Commissioner’s Office has ruled out any major action in response to a reported rise of so-called “sex pest…
Data reforms face delay over Parliamentary ‘ping-pong’
The UK’s data protection reforms could be delayed way into the new year, despite being waved through the “third reading”,…
Bottom of the class: UK universities failing on cookies
Universities and higher education institutions stand accused of a widespread failure to comply with the laws covering online tracking via…