Most Brits fear advertisers will get track and trace data
Fears that the UK’s Covid-19 track and trace programme could have a detrimental affect on the data-driven marketing industry appear…
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Industry fears ‘track and trace’ hit but green shoots rise
Data and marketing professionals are growing increasingly concerned over the negative impact the UK Government’s “test, track and trace” programme…
Google faces probe over ‘unlawful data free-for-all’
Privacy start-up Brave, a thorn in the side of tech giants since GDPR came into force, has filed a formal…
Google nemesis denounces internal data ‘free-for-all’
European data regulators are being urged to clamp down on companies sharing customer data between their subsidiary businesses in what…
Brussels to relax data laws to help build EU tech giants
The European Commission is aiming to break US tech giants’ stranglehold on the data economy by changing the law to…
Call for data action plan to fight £10bn fraud arms race
The Government is being urged to launch a co-ordinated assault on so-called “suckers lists”, used to target vulnerable consumers, by…
DVLA faces GDPR probe over ‘astonishing’ data sharing
The DVLA is facing an investigation into whether its data sharing practices are in breach of GDPR following reports the…
Apple accused of illegally sharing iTunes customer data
Apple’s attempt to take the moral high ground over privacy – in which it consistently berates the likes of Amazon,…
Bounty ditches broker deals after £400,000 ICO fine
Bounty UK has been forced to scrap all its contracts with data brokers following a £400,000 fine from the Information…
Germany goes to war with Facebook over data sharing
The German authorities have come down hard on Facebook after ordering the company to stop combining data collected from its…