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…
WhatsApp and Twitter facing first major GDPR rulings
WhatsApp and Twitter are facing “blockbuster” GDPR fines from the EU’s top privacy regulator after the Irish Data Protection Commissioner…
Failure to enforce GDPR ‘fuelling Google’s dominance’
The only way to smash Google’s vice-like grip on the online advertising market is for data protection authorities to properly…
Irish raid forces Facebook to dump dating app launch
Facebook has been forced to suspend today’s launch of its dating service in Europe – planned to coincide with Valentine’s…
New Ofcom powers to rule social media firms ‘doomed’
Government measures to give Ofcom greater powers to police social media companies are doomed to fail, with the threat of…
Tech firms must face AI curbs, says Govt advisory body
The Government must bring in new legislation to tighten up the use of algorithms that drive content on social media…
Ding-dong Facebook calling: Amazon Ring blurts data
The Amazon-owned Ring doorbell app, which its advertising claims helps to keep burglars, chancers and conmen at bay, is casually…
Where’s Wylie? H&M faces Nuremberg data leak trial
Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie – the man who lifted the lid on the Facebook data scandal – might want…
Fears ease over Brexit data deals…thanks to Facebook
Major concerns that Brexit will push the UK’s £240bn data economy “off a cliff edge” look to have been assuaged…
Duopoly braced for new probe of ad market dominance
The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) is set to publish its initial findings into the dominance of Google and Facebook…