ICO warns supermarkets over Covid-19 data retention
Any thoughts supermarkets had of adding the data they have received on vulnerable patients to their own marketing databases have…
GDPR
The real solution to the ICO’s Direct Marketing Code
Since the introduction of GDPR, many firms have begun to fear the knock-on effects of tighter privacy controls on customer…
BA and Marriott block £282m GDPR fines – yet again
The Information Commissioner’s Office has once again failed to deliver the GDPR killer blow to both British Airways and Marriott…
Hotel hell: Fresh Marriott data breach hits 5.2 million
Marriott International, the hotel giant which is awaiting its fate over a proposed £99m fine from the Information Commissioner’s Office over…
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…
Grindr faces privacy probe as Chinese owners jump
Grindr, the world’s most popular gay dating app which has been accused of numerous privacy violations, has been flogged off…
Virgin accused of covering up full extent of data breach
Virgin Media customers affected by last week’s data breach are being urged to use their powers under GDPR to find…
Oops we did it again: Virgin Media gaffe hits 900,000
Virgin Media’s woeful data governance record has been exposed yet again after the company has been forced to admit that…
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…
ICO 2 Aaron Banks 0: Brexit chief fails to overturn fines
The Information Commissioner’s Office has struck a double blow to Aaron Banks after the arch-Brexiteer’s attempts to overturn a double…