Government balks at TikTok plans to build British HQ
The net is closing in on the marketing phenomenon that is TikTok, amid claims that the UK Government is planning…
data protection
Brits willing to pay out more for watertight data privacy
Nearly half (49%) of UK consumers claim they would be willing to pay more to do business with an organisation…
MPs join calls for ICO to act over test and trace cock-up
Pressure is mounting on the Information Commissioner’s Office for its lack of action over the botched handling of the Covid-19…
Denham works from home; 4,500 miles away in Canada
When the Government issued its advice for people to work from home “where possible”, it seems Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham…
ICO whacked for ‘pathetic’ response to A-level outrage
The Information Commissioner’s Office is facing mounting criticism for not doing enough to intervene in the escalating row over the…
Instagram rocked by action over ‘illegal’ biometic data
Instagram might have escaped the data protection scandals of its Facebook parent so far but that looks all set to…
Third time lucky? EU and US open Privacy Shield talks
The European Commission and the US Department of Commerce have opened top level talks on yet another transatlantic data transfer…
Capital One hit with $80m fine for mass data breach
Capital One is being forced to cough up an $80m (£61.4m) civil penalty over its 2019 data breach, which compromised…
Virgin Media in dock over ‘underhand’ email campaign
Virgin Media has been accused of using underhand – and potentially unlawful – tactics in an attempt to get customers…
Will it ever end? Now Marriott wins further GDPR delay
Just days after British Airways said it was expecting a 90% reduction in its proposed £183m GDPR fine, Marriott International…