Oops we did it again: Virgin Media gaffe hits 900,000
Virgin Media’s woeful data governance record has been exposed yet again after the company has been forced to admit that…
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Cathay Pacific wings clipped with £500,000 data fine
Further evidence has emerged that data protection rulings are like London buses – you wait ages for one then two…
Google nemesis denounces internal data ‘free-for-all’
European data regulators are being urged to clamp down on companies sharing customer data between their subsidiary businesses in what…
ICO 2 Aaron Banks 0: Brexit chief fails to overturn fines
The Information Commissioner’s Office has struck a double blow to Aaron Banks after the arch-Brexiteer’s attempts to overturn a double…
WhatsApp and Twitter facing first major GDPR rulings
WhatsApp and Twitter are facing “blockbuster” GDPR fines from the EU’s top privacy regulator after the Irish Data Protection Commissioner…
Mail blames the ICO for blocking coronavirus warnings
Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham’s alleged love affair with the Daily Mail Group appears to have ended abruptly after the newspaper…
Three nations account for lion’s share of GDPR breaches
Just three European countries account for nearly three-fifths of reported data breaches since GDPR came into force in May 2018,…
Top EU data cop cutback threat triggers EU complaint
The Irish Data Protection Commission – the top privacy governor across the EU – will be forced to make cutbacks…
ICO Code will set industry back 20 years, DMA claims
The new statutory Direct Marketing Code of Practice will hand increased power to the online giants, create more consumer confusion,…
Brands urged to ‘do the right thing’ over data privacy
Brand owners must stop viewing consumer privacy as a compliance issue and start promoting responsible marketing as a driver for…