Data protection fee dodgers face fresh ICO clampdown
The Information Commissioner’s Office is closing in on companies which process personal data but have failed to sign up to…
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340 fingered for failing to cough up data protection fee
The Information Commissioner’s Office is continuing to come down hard on companies which are failing to pay their data protection…
ICO ‘cosies up’ to industry in bid to tackle adtech issue
The Information Commissioner’s Office is aiming to shore up its 700-strong workforce by bringing a raft of industry professionals to…
Data breaches, not rogues, are ICO Public Enemy No. 1
Companies suffering data breaches are far more likely to be clobbered by the Information Commissioner’s Office – and harder –…
Not very Bootiful: Bernard Matthews hit by data theft
Bernard Matthews, the food business which brought us Turkey Dinosaurs, Turkey Drummers and, more recently, Turkey Unicorns, is risking a…
Brussels told to get a move on with ePrivacy overhaul
The lack of progress over the EU ePrivacy Regulation is leading to the continued abuse of consumers’ most sensitive data,…
Forget brand power; data privacy is the defining factor
Gone are the days when brand was king; consumers say they are now more likely to accept an inferior product…
Irish data protection chiefs denied GDPR fighting fund
The Irish Data Protection Commission has hit out over a funding shortfall after Dublin snubbed its request for extra cash…
We haven’t had enough GDPR training, marketers insist
A fifth of marketers claim they have not received enough training on GDPR, with the same number bemoaning the fact…
Oops we did it again: Twitter admits fresh data gaffe
Just weeks after confessing it had tapped into users’ personal data without their consent to bombard them with advertising, Twitter…