Meta bows to GDPR ruling to block personalised ads
Meta is being forced to allow Facebook and Instagram users in Europe to opt out of some personalised ads from…
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Agencies in firing line as CMOs put data privacy first
Data privacy issues are putting marketing chiefs on a collision course with their agencies, with nearly a third of CMOs…
ICO vows to fast-track ‘public interest’ FoI complaints
The Information Commissioner’s Office is implementing a new approach to prioritise complaints made under the Freedom of Information Act where…
Data reform law ‘on track’ to be passed by the autumn
MPs will get the first chance to have their say on the UK Government’s data reform plans next month, with…
Clouds gather over TikTok: Do marketers give a toss?
The decision to ban TikTok from all UK Government devices may not exactly be a bolt from the blue –…
Easylife slashes £1.3m data fine by 80% after appeal
Home shopping group Easylife has managed to slash its £1.3m fine – imposed by the Information Commissioner’s Office in October…
£4.7bn data reform cost savings branded pie in the sky
The Government’s insistence that the revised data reforms will unlock £4.7bn in savings for the UK economy have been slated…
ICO appeals Experian ruling; ‘Tribunal got law wrong’
Just 24 hours after joining forces to back the Government’s new shake-up of data protection laws, Information Commissioner John Edwards…
Privacy organisations fume at ‘weakened data laws’
Privacy groups have renewed their attack on the data protection reforms, which are being introduced to Parliament today, insisting the…
It was us wot won it: DMA claims Data Bill success
The DMA has given its full backing to the revised Data Protection & Digital Information Bill, insisting it has secured…