Cabinet Office cuffed for New Year Honours data gaffe
The Cabinet Office has been accused of being complacent over its data handling procedures after being hit with a £500,000…
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Clearview AI faces £17m fine for abusing UK data laws
Clearview AI Inc – which describes itself as the World’s Largest Facial Network – is facing a potential fine of…
Govt urged to put brakes on radical data reform plans
Both charity and public sector organisations have urged the Government to be more cautious about its plans to reform UK…
WhatsApp rewrites data T&Cs but contests GDPR fine
WhatsApp has admitted it is overhauling its privacy policy as a result of the proposed €225m (£190m) GDPR fine from…
ICO says it has ‘limited resources’ to enforce kids code
The Information Commissioner’s Office is risking a new backlash from privacy groups by claiming it only has “limited resources” to…
Most firms clueless or unprepared for demise of cookies
British businesses’ failure to understand UK data protection laws is set to come back to bite them on the derriere, with…
Class action ruling could force rewrite of UK data laws
Legal experts have delivered their verdict on this week’s ruling which rejected a £3bn class action against Google, with most…
Hooked on porn: Angling Direct snared by hack attack
Angling Direct, one of the UK’s leading retailers of fishing gear, has been hooked by a major ongoing hack attack…
Supreme Court rejects £3bn data claim against Google
The Supreme Court appears to have put the kibosh on a raft of compensation claims in the UK over abuse…
Unite union fined for abusing data rights of members
Unite the Union, the UK’s second largest trade union which fights for the rights of more than 1.4 million workers,…