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…
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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…
Top brands savaged for not paying data protection fee
Reckitt Benckiser, Coty UK, Prezzo, Caterpillar, Condé Nast and Ubisoft are among the major brands which have been named and…
Brussels chiefs to launch probe of Microsoft data deals
Brussels data protection chiefs are set to launch an internal investigation into cloud and software deals between EU institutions and…
Companies warned that GDPR compliance is not enough
Over ten months after GDPR came into force, companies have been warned that simply complying with the new regulation is…
Newham council under cosh for Gang Matrix data leak
The London Borough of Newham has been whacked with a £145,000 fine for disclosing the personal information of more than…