Boiler business hammered £160,000 over TPS failure
The Telephone Preference Service might be shrinking, with over 5 million inactive and invalid numbers being deleted since last year,…
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WhatsApp plots upgrade into multi-platform service
WhatsApp users could soon be able to access the messaging service across multiple devices in a fresh upgrade planned by…
GDPR fuels €445,000 sales fall for online firms in EU
Brussels may have hailed GDPR for “bearing fruit” but European online businesses are threatening to wither on the vine, with…
£100m pro-Brexit ad blitz ‘could be huge for DM firms’
The direct marketing industry is licking its lips at the prospect of a massive Government-funded ad campaign – worth an…
CBI: No deal Brexit will rock data industry from day one
The UK’s mantle as a global hub for data flows is at significant risk from a no deal Brexit, with…
‘Teflon Facebook’ to recruit its first chief privacy officer
Facebook has once again reinforced its Teflon image among client marketers by posting a 28% year-on-year rise in ad revenues…
Brussels hails GDPR but warns of more work to be done
The European Commission is patting itself on the back for implementing GDPR, insisting that the regulation has achieved many of…
$700m fine hikes Equifax data breach bill to over $2bn
The cost of the 2017 Equifax data breach is set to go up by another $700m (£562m) following a settlement…
Top London estate agent flayed for 2-year data breach
When it comes to the UK’s most loathed professions, estate agents – and those who work in advertising and marketing…
$5bn Facebook fine blasted as ‘just a slap on the wrist’
Under normal circumstances, the record $5bn (£4bn) fine looming over Facebook in the US would have been seen as a…