Dixons Carphone appeals ICO fine for ‘systemic’ failings
The Information Commissioner’s Office is facing yet another legal challenge – and further budget busting expense – following reports that…
data protection
Cock-up culture: Staff guilty of 90% of data breaches
The UK’s cyber security sector might be bulking up like a Love Island beau on steroids, but it seems companies…
Now Google faces fresh GDPR probe into location data
Google’s advertising strapline of “Do the right thing” could not be less apposite when it comes to the tech giant’s privacy…
Govt plans for EU data transfer deal branded ‘nonsense’
Privacy experts have ridiculed Government claims that a post-Brexit “adequacy agreement” on data protection – which will allow UK firms…
Tech firms must face AI curbs, says Govt advisory body
The Government must bring in new legislation to tighten up the use of algorithms that drive content on social media…
Students secure payout over ‘life on show’ data breach
As Morrisons staff await a Supreme Court ruling and iPhone users twiddle their thumbs outside the High Court, hundreds of…
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…
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…