Brussels urged to act on GDPR failings or risk demise
The European Commission must force member states to increase investment in GDPR enforcement – and even refer them to the…
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Opt-4 shuts after 15 years as coronavirus takes its toll
Opt-4, the pioneering data protection compliance consultancy launched by industry stalwarts Jenny Moseley and Rosemary Smith, has closed its doors…
Denham plays ‘good cop, bad cop’ in ICO rule shake-up
Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has reinforced her message that her office will show greater leniency to firms during the Covid-19…
Senior judge suspends all appeals against ICO rulings
All appeals against Information Commissioner’s Office rulings have been suspended for at least 28 days because the regulator’s staff cannot…
ICO warns supermarkets over Covid-19 data retention
Any thoughts supermarkets had of adding the data they have received on vulnerable patients to their own marketing databases have…
EU data cop calls for single app to combat coronavirus
Brussels’ top data protection cop is calling on all members of the bloc to work together to develop a single…
BA and Marriott block £282m GDPR fines – yet again
The Information Commissioner’s Office has once again failed to deliver the GDPR killer blow to both British Airways and Marriott…
Hotel hell: Fresh Marriott data breach hits 5.2 million
Marriott International, the hotel giant which is awaiting its fate over a proposed £99m fine from the Information Commissioner’s Office over…
Regulator gives the green light for mobile data tracking
The Government has been given the green light to use mobile phone data in the fight against coronavirus after the…
Email gaffe leaks thousands of tenants’ sensitive data
The world might be in lockdown but some things never change; organisations are still playing being fast and loose with…