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…
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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 – …
ICO stirs hornet’s nest with plans for huge rise in fees
The Information Commissioner’s Office has finally revealed how much companies will have to cough up under its new three-tier payment…
Data industry braced for knock at door as ICO hits Verso
The Information Commissioner’s Office has put the data broking industry on red alert after slapping Verso Group with an £80,000…
Up to 10 million eye GDPR data compensation pay-out
Up to 10 million UK consumers could seek compensation from companies which hold their data when GDPR comes into force…
Firms face Herculean task to keep right side of data law
As the House of Lords begins the process of trying to unpick the UK Data Protection Bill, brands and data…