Major UK data firms under scrutiny as watchdog bites
Some of the UK’s leading data companies, including CACI, Experian, Equifax, TransUnion (formerly Callcredit) and Data8, are among those firms…
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Denham under fire over ‘unchallenged’ Facebook fine
Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has been castigated for announcing that her office intends to fine Facebook £500,000 over the misuse…
Emma’s Diary first broker to be fingered in ICO probe
Emma’s Diary, the brand set up 25 years ago to target expectant and new mums, has become the first list…
World’s biggest tech firms accused of flouting GDPR
It seems Google is not the only company struggling to come to terms with GDPR; according to an analysis of…
Google GDPR shortcomings leaving ad clients exposed
Google’s failure to get to grips with GDPR is leaving many firms which use its advertising services, particularly ad-funded websites…
‘Stark warning’ issued as ICO prosecutes CCTV firm
Companies which operate CCTV have been sent a “stark warning” by the successful prosecution of a Telford business which has…
Facebook admits sharing user data with over 60 brands
If the Data Analytica scandal “let the genie out of the bottle” over Facebook’s data sharing strategy, fresh evidence to…
Boring data? Forget it, it’s even driving Cannes’ agenda
On the surface, the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and GDPR may not be natural bedfellows but there was…
GDPR forces marketers to go back to drawing board
New research from NTT Security predicts that it will take up to five years until there are high levels of…
Data regulators busy, busy, busy now GDPR is in force
Some so-called experts might have poo-pooed it but data regulators across the EU have confirmed a sharp rise in their…