US industry bodies call for delay in CCPA enforcement
The US DMA has joined forces with a gaggle of other American marketing trade bodies to call for a six-month…
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Ding-dong Facebook calling: Amazon Ring blurts data
The Amazon-owned Ring doorbell app, which its advertising claims helps to keep burglars, chancers and conmen at bay, is casually…
Where’s Wylie? H&M faces Nuremberg data leak trial
Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie – the man who lifted the lid on the Facebook data scandal – might want…
Marketers finally sit up and take notice of data privacy
It seems the penny has finally dropped in the marketing department that data privacy really is crucial, with the vast…
Half of last year’s £2m fines for PECR breaches unpaid
Over half the companies which were fined for breaches of electronic marketing law in the past year have yet to…
Tough new laws aim to protect kids from online harm
Online companies will soon face the threat of mega fines for ignoring a raft of new measures designed to protect…
GB Group probed for targeting under-age gamblers
GB Group has found itself embroiled in claims that UK betting companies have been given access to a database containing…
Firms slam ‘heavy handed’ data protection fee letters
The Information Commissioner’s Office offensive to tackle data protection fee dodgers, which has seen the regulator rifle off letters to…
Dixons slams £500k fine but it could have been £400m
Dixons Carphone has condemned the data regulator for issuing it with a £500,000 fine – over “systemic” security failings – and…
Marketers urged to have their say on draft DM Code
Brand owners, charities, public authorities, data firms, tech giants and anyone else who uses data-driven marketing techniques – in other…