War on ‘illegal’ adtech RTB heads to the German courts
The battle against what is claimed to be the “the world’s largest data breach, every day” is moving to the…
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Ikea France fined €1m over staff surveillance scandal
Swedish retailer Ikea’s “caring, sharing” brand image has been dealt a heavy blow after a French court has ordered the firm to…
‘Distressing’ spam texts cook up trouble for Papa John’s
Takeaway chain Papa John’s, whose strapline is “Better Ingredients. Better Pizza”, has paid the price for getting its marketing mix…
Amazon faces mega GDPR fine in war on US tech giants
Amazon is reportedly facing the largest GDPR fine on record – an eye-watering €350m (£301m) – following an investigation by…
Govt jumps in bed with dating apps to push Covid jabs
The UK Government has joined forces with leading online dating sites, including Tinder, Match, Hinge, Bumble and Plenty of Fish,…
Tories spanked by ICO after Boris fails to keep PECR up
The Information Commissioner’s Office might be under the cosh over its perceived lack of GDPR action but few could argue…
GDPR fines near €300m as Italian stallions lead way
GDPR critics may have to eat their words following the publication of a new analysis which reveals there have been…
Facebook nemesis targets sites over consent cookies
Austrian privacy activist and lawyer Max Schrems, who has been a thorn in the side of Facebook for nearly a…
Clearview AI whacked with multiple GDPR complaints
Clearview AI, a company which has built a powerful facial recognition database using images “scraped” from the Internet, has been…
SShh! Most UK businesses still cover up data breaches
Three years down the line and it seems companies are still struggling to get to grips with GDPR, with new…