Experian hit by US fine for unlawful marketing emails
Experian might be off the hook from the UK Information Commissioner’s Office’s enforcement notice – appeal pending – but the…
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UK scam mail victims get payouts from US fraudsters
Thousands of UK victims of an international mass mailing scam are to receive compensation following a four-year joint landmark investigation…
Faking it: Match Group hit by legal action over false ads
Match Group, the company which recently launched a UK ad campaign deriding everything from fake news to fake dating profiles,…
$700m fine hikes Equifax data breach bill to over $2bn
The cost of the 2017 Equifax data breach is set to go up by another $700m (£562m) following a settlement…
$5bn Facebook fine blasted as ‘just a slap on the wrist’
Under normal circumstances, the record $5bn (£4bn) fine looming over Facebook in the US would have been seen as a…
Facebook set to be hit with 20 year privacy clampdown
Facebook could be forced to sign a deal with US authorities which will force the social media giant to have…
Facebook awaits $3bn fine but still makes $27m a day
Facebook is bracing itself for a record fine from the US Federal Trade Commission following the Cambridge Analytica scandal and…
Explorer to block behavioural ads
Brand-owners wanting to adopt behavioural advertising techniques are set to face new barriers after Microsoft revealed the next version of…
Call for ‘do no track’ Web button
Web users should be able to press a “do not track me” button on their browsers to block companies from…