Now Marriott takes a £99m battering for GDPR failings
Proof that GDPR fines are like London buses – you wait ages for one to arrive and then two come…
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Gnashing watchdog to fuel rise in breach over-reporting
The data watchdog has been warned that its latest attempt to prove that its GDPR enforcement teeth are razor sharp…
ICO shows ‘staggering’ lack of judgement over BA case
The Information Commissioner’s Office has been slated for its handling of the British Airways data breach investigation, amid claims it…
BA faces record £183m GDPR fine for data meltdown
British Airways has the dubious honour of becoming the first major UK brand to be pummelled by GDPR, with the…
Equifax chief jailed for ‘abuse of trust’ over 2017 breach
Equifax may be trying to move on from its 2017 data breach but the courts are doing their level best…
ICO drops data bombshell as cookie law is overhauled
The Information Commissioner’s Office has torn up its own advice on how firms can gather data through online cookies by…
Facebook fines pile up as Italians and Germans wade in
Germany has become the second EU country in as many days to whack Facebook with a fine for dodgy governance,…
Marketers braced for fresh crackdown on online data
Marketers are facing a major new threat to how they gather online data, amid fears that so-called “implied consent” for cookies…
Gay dating app Jack’d slapped with $240,000 payout
Gay dating app Jack’d has been forced to cough up $240,000 (£189,000) in compensation after it exposed users’ private intimate…
Uproar as data rogue pays back £1 despite £1.4m haul
A rogue company director, who trousered an estimated £1.4m fortune from flogging illegal data and who left debts of over…