Meta dragged kicking and screaming into ad opt-out
Five years and countless hours of legal wrangling later, Meta has finally bowed to pressure to offer consumers an opt-in and…
data protection
Doorstep Dispensaree pays up for endless GDPR appeals
Doorstep Dispensaree, the company that had the dubious honour of being the first to be slapped with GDPR fine in…
Now ICO steps up consumer advice on data requests
The Information Commissioner’s Office is jumping on the “subject access request” bandwagon – set in motion by Nigel Farage’s bust-up…
UK firms forced to pay £3.2m as hackers go phishing
The average cost of a data breach for UK businesses is a whopping £3.2m, coming in at £128 a record,…
ICO backs data sharing plan to tackle problem gambling
The Information Commissioner’s Office has joined the war on problem gamblers by backing proposals for the financial sector to use…
GDPR penalties near €4bn in EU after ‘double busy’ H1
The UK might be trying to distance itself from GDPR through the Data Protection & Digital Information (No.2) Bill but…
Revealed: Data breaches which will get the ICO calling
UK firms have been warned that a breach of data processing security or the right of access are the most…
Govt hails business potential of new global data deal
The UK’s data protection reforms might be under fire from privacy groups but ministers are hailing a new deal on…
Fight against ‘illiberal’ UK data reforms goes to Brussels
Brussels must get ready to rip up the UK’s data adequacy agreement immediately should the British Government’s data reforms be…
Decision Marketing Data Clinic: Data reforms explained
The Government’s proposed data reforms – under the Data Protection & Digital Information (No. 2) Bill – will have huge…