Big issues to tackle in 2017: red alert on legislation
Hopefully by now, businesses which have not earmarked Friday May 25 2018 as EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) “D-Day”…
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Teenager told to ‘prepare for jail’ over TalkTalk hack
A teenager involved in the 2015 “car crash” hack attack on TalkTalk has been told a jail sentence is “inevitable”…
Charities guilty of using Response One file illegally
The charity sector’s incompetent data practices have now engulfed St Ives-owned data business Response One, after it emerged that both…
Denham hires diplomat as ICO deputy commissioner
Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has already gone one better than predecessor Christopher Graham by appointing a new deputy commissioner, drafting…
Germans call for softly, softly approach to GDPR
Germany, which boasts one of the toughest data protection regimes in the world, is urging EU countries not to be…
Three Mobile data breach could affect 6m customers
Three Mobile has been forced to fess up to a major data breach which, it has been claimed, could put…
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…
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…