Warning over personal data being taken to cleaners
It brings a whole new meaning to the phrase “being taken to the cleaners” but more than 23,000 devices containing…
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ICO slams Govt inaction after paltry data theft fine
Information Commissioner Christopher Graham has launched a scathing attack on the judicial system following yet another paltry fine dished out…
Alzheimer’s Society hit by data prosecution threat
It may be a new year but the charity sector is facing the same old problems after the Alzheimer’s Society…
2015 Review of the Year: a wake-up call for security
They say a week is a long time in politics; at the Information Commissioner’s Office every week must have seemed…
Apple says ‘snoopers bill’ will make hacking easier
Apple has launched a scathing attack on Theresa May’s Investigatory Powers Bill, which aims to give the authorities greater surveillance…
Can Irish data chiefs take on US giants from here?
The Irish have dismissed claims that their data protection regulator will be unable to cope with the new demands of…
Industry cheer as EU opt-in data threat is lifted
The marketing industry has been given an early Christmas present by Brussels after agreement has been reached on the final…
Coppers told TalkTalk to keep schtum over breach
TalkTalk chef executive Dido Harding has claimed Scotland Yard told the company to ignore Information Commissioner’s Office guidelines and cover…
Firms still in dark as final vote on EU reforms looms
As EU chiefs prepare to finally vote through the data reforms this week – nearly four years after they were…
EU data reforms: the five top issues for marketers
As the dust begins to settle over the EU General Data Protection Regulation agreement the DMA has released what it…