FCA on alert as big tech firms expand financial services
City regulator the Financial Conduct Authority is launching a consultation on the potential harms – and benefits – of Amazon,…
WhatsApp pushes privacy features in new global blitz
WhatsApp is launching a new UK marketing campaign film as part of a global push which aims to take the…
Facebook whistleblower tip of iceberg, ICO data shows
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen is far from alone in exposing potentially illegal data practices of her employer, with the UK’s…
Irish slap Meta with €17m GDPR fine but critics remain
The Irish data watchdog is trying to prove it is a regulatory Rottweiler by slapping Facebook parent Meta with a…
Google and Meta face mega fines in ad price fix probe
Google and Facebook parent Meta are facing a pan-European probe into alleged anti-competitive conduct in their online display advertising services…
Meta threat to ditch €6bn Euro market ‘is laughable’
Meta’s claim that it will pull most of services – including Facebook and Instagram – out of Europe due legal…
ICO locks horns with Meta over VR abuse of kids’ code
Just one week in to his role and new Information Commissioner John Edwards could be heading for his first showdown…
Denham back in dock after joining Facebook’s law firm
Former UK Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has raised more than a few eyebrows by landing a consulting role at the…
WhatsApp rewrites data T&Cs but contests GDPR fine
WhatsApp has admitted it is overhauling its privacy policy as a result of the proposed €225m (£190m) GDPR fine from…
Apple opt-in tracker blows $10bn hole in rivals’ pockets
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Snapchat are estimated to have lost lost nearly $10bn (£7.3bn) in advertising revenue since the release…