Facebook waves white flag over WhatsApp data plan
Facebook has bowed to pressure from Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham by agreeing to suspend its data collection from UK WhatsApp…
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Online buyers risk card theft on thousands of sites
If a website you are buying from does not have a known payment provider such as Paypal, you are taking…
ICO issues privacy notice warning in first GDPR code
Brand owners are being warned that it is no longer enough to stick a privacy notice on their website and…
Acxiom is first major player to offer Privacy Shield
Acxiom is claiming to have got one over on its rivals by announcing it has become the first major data company…
TalkTalk rocked by record £400k fine for data breach
TalkTalk has been slapped with a record £400,000 fine by the Information Commissioner’s Office for security failings that allowed a…
ICO plots recruitment drive to boost technology unit
New Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham is planning a major recruitment drive to boost the regulator’s use of technology to find…
Tiny TalkTalk data breach fine exposes huge issue
The TalkTalk data breach may have been branded a “car crash” by industry observers, but it has also been a…
Denham hopes for better luck as ICO hunts deputy
Newly installed Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham is already hoping to go one better than her predecessor by appointing a new deputy…
Bosses fingered as worst data security offenders
Bosses might come down hard on their staff for even the slightest data security misdemeanour but they should actually be…
Japan warns UK to embrace GDPR laws ‘or we’re off’
The Japanese have warned that technology giants such as Hitachi and Arm Holdings could pull their operations out of the…