HMRC forced to delete 5m voice IDs in GDPR breach
HMRC might give taxpayers the heebeegeebees but the privacy watchdog has at least secured a victory for the millions of…
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Irish data regulator launches inquiry into adtech giant
The Irish Data Protection Commission has finally launched an investigation into US adtech giant Quantcast for potential breaches of GDPR…
ICO reveals it has 10,000 data breach cases to probe
The full scale of the gargantuan task facing Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham and her team has been revealed after the…
Facebook back in dock as Canadians begin legal action
Yesterday, all of Facebook’s troubles seemed so far away, now it looks as though they are here to stay after…
Facebook awaits $3bn fine but still makes $27m a day
Facebook is bracing itself for a record fine from the US Federal Trade Commission following the Cambridge Analytica scandal and…
Schools go to bottom of the class over GDPR failings
Schools and colleges are facing an F grade in their GDPR exams with more than half (52%) of all educational…
Revealed: the worst data privacy offenders on the planet
Capital One, Snapchat, Facebook and, believe it or not, the UK Government, are among the worst organisations in the world…
Canadian data regulator to monitor Equifax for 6 years
The Equifax data breach might have gone down as one of the biggest in history but, apart from a £500,000…
Bounty ditches broker deals after £400,000 ICO fine
Bounty UK has been forced to scrap all its contracts with data brokers following a £400,000 fine from the Information…
Facebook buckles over EC data transparency demands
Facebook has finally bowed to pressure from the European Commission and consumer protection authorities to be more transparent over how…