Experian lawyers set for long battle against ICO ruling
Experian is threatening a lengthy legal battle over an order that forces the firm to make fundamental changes to how…
data protection
BA slashed GDPR fine because ICO ‘had jumped the gun’
The real reason British Airways managed to batter down its proposed £183m GDPR fine to “just” £20m had less to…
Govt-backed Covid app hit by SamCam marketing gaffe
A Covid-19 tracking app, backed by Government funding and King’s College London, has been forced to issue a grovelling apology…
GDPR fine calculator ‘makes Rubik’s Cube look simple’
Organisations which find themselves in breach of GDPR have finally been given the inside track on how the Information Commissioner’s…
‘Critical’ BA Executive Club members face the chop
British Airways, the airline with a reputation for leaking customer data and firing staff, has hatched a novel plan to…
EU told to block UK data deal due to ICO’s dismal record
Brussels must reject the Government’s calls for a post-Brexit “adequacy decision” – which would pave the way for the frictionless…
Germans issue 27th GDPR fine as H&M is hit for €35m
The German data protection authorities have shown the benefits of Teutonic efficiency after dispatching the country’s 27th fine under the…
Statutory DM Code joins ICO’s mushrooming ‘to-do’ list
Marketers bracing themselves for the imminent launch of the new statutory UK Direct Marketing Code of Practice can rest easy…
Give data breach victims more power, ministers urged
The Government should activate a clause in UK legislation to give data breach victims stronger rights for legal redress against firms who lose…
Adtech breach widens, two years after first complaints
Two years since the first realtime bidding (RTB) complaints were lodged, regulators’ failure to act is allowing Google and IAB…