Sort out your privacy notices or face action, ICO warns
Organisations must be far more open, honest and transparent in their online privacy notices or face the risk of enforcement…
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Plastic surgery clinic ‘to the stars’ hit by hack attack
A top London plastic surgery clinic has become the latest victim of a data breach, with the group behind the…
How to prevent your firm from being the next Vanquis
The recent £75,000 fine against Vanquis Bank – issued after it was found to have sent 870,849 spam text messages…
Firms finally wake up to GDPR but despair about future
At last it seems companies have woken up to the biggest overhaul of data protection laws in a generation following…
Brace yourselves for the GDPR data ambulance chasers
The prospect of huge fines may be driving most companies’ efforts to achieve GDPR compliance before the May 25 deadline…
ICO set to launch dedicated GDPR hotline for SMEs
The Information Commissioner’s Office is to launch a dedicated telephone hotline next month in an attempt to help small businesses…
Mind hires Psona to devise campaign for GDPR opt-ins
Mental health charity Mind has appointed Communisis-owned Psona to develop a campaign to get new and existing donors to opt-in…
Acxiom drafts in new partner for GDPR compliance drive
Acxiom is beefing up its services to assist companies in their efforts to achieve GDPR compliance before the May 2018…
The farce continues: Equifax now says 694,000 Brits hit
In a scene which would not be out of place in a Chuckle Brothers TV show, bungling Equifax bosses have…
Vanquis Bank vanquished for massive spam campaign
Vanquis Bank, the finance firm which specialises in targeting consumers with poor credit history, has blotted its own copybook after…