Age UK fesses up to double data breach of staff details
Age UK has handed itself in to the Information Commissioner’s Office after discovering a double data breach which has led…
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GDPR goes from gloom to boom as UK leads the field
The road to GDPR compliance may have more twists and turns than a Fyodor Dostoevsky novel – and be twice…
Just Eat grovels as driver chats up customer via text
The Information Commissioner’s Office has launched an investigation into claims that a Just Eat delivery driver used a female customer’s…
Companies face data breach class action bloodbath
Companies could face the prospect of major US-style class actions for data breaches – with pay-outs potentially running into tens…
Denham acts to allay fears over GDPR D-Day apocalypse
Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has lambasted companies using scare tactics to flog “off the shelf” GDPR solutions, insisting that although…
Watchdog muzzles lawyers to sink teeth into SMS firm
The wisdom of companies hiring expensive lawyers to fight their corner once the Information Commissioner’s Office comes knocking has been…
Kids’ online privacy study among winners of ICO grants
A new study into children’s online privacy, a tool to help consumers protect and enforce their data protection rights and…
Americans streets ahead of UK firms with GDPR plans
With GDPR D-Day looming large, it appears the Americans are way ahead of the game when it comes to getting…
DMA tells firms: don’t expect all the answers on GDPR
Companies looking for definitive answers on how to comply with the looming GDPR are barking up the wrong tree; organisations…
Data firms ‘on a hiding to nothing’ in ICO investigations
Verso Group has hit back at the Information Commissioner’s Office’s handling of its investigation – and subsequent press statements – …