GDPR ‘could wipe out 75% of UK customer databases’
Up to three quarters of the UK’s customer data held within business’ marketing databases could become obsolete on GDPR D-Day,…
EU data reforms
Privacy chief Denham hits out at GDPR scaremongering
Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has branded claims that the regulator is chomping at the bit to issue massive fines under…
Business leaders welcome new UK Data Protection Bill
The Department for Culture, Media & Sport has confirmed plans to present the Data Protection Bill to Parliament as soon…
DPN joins calls for more urgency over GDPR guidance
The Data Protection Network has added its voice to widespread concerns that the Information Commissioner’s Office is dragging its feet…
TPS tender put on hold over EU ePrivacy opt-in threat
The Information Commissioner’s Office has sparked fresh fears that the new EU ePrivacy Regulation could enforce an opt-in regime for…
ICO action analysis reveals reticence to issue huge fines
Claims that GDPR fines will potentially put thousands of British firms out of business have been scotched by an analysis…
Revealed: the ‘dirty dozen’ of GDPR fake news stories
Brand owners are being warned over a seemingly inexorable rise of GDPR “fake news”, with a leading compliance company detailing what…
Firms face bombardment of data requests under GDPR
Companies have been warned to brace themselves for a tsunami of so-called “subject access requests” from consumers as soon as…
GDPR fears mount over delay to ICO consent guidance
Companies still struggling to get in shape for GDPR have been dealt yet another blow following claims that the vital…
Retail marketing hub says it is already GDPR compliant
Fresh Relevance, the realtime online marketing hub whose clients include Homebase, Jessops, Thorntons and Jewson, has claimed it is fully…