Tributes flood in for EU data ethics champion Buttarelli
The EU’s top data protection chief, Giovanni Buttarelli, a key architect of GDPR and one of the first to question…
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Verizon faces GDPR probe as WhatsApp decision looms
Verizon Media, the company behind the Huffington Post, Yahoo and AOL, is facing a major GDPR investigation by the Irish…
Data breaches can hit mental health, legal firm claims
Data breach compensation lawyers Hayes Connor – one of two UK “ambulance chasing” legal firms wooing British Airways customers – has…
DMA jumps into bed with US software giant OneTrust
The DMA has signed a major commercial contract with OneTrust, the US privacy software giant valued at $1.3bn (£1.1bn), which…
Thank the Lord: Parish and town councils get GDPR aid
Parish and town councils GDPR fears have been eased following divine intervention from the Information Commissioner’s Office, which is launching…
Firms accused of handing out personal data willy-nilly
The so-called “right of access” under GDPR, which allows consumers to find out what information is being held on them,…
Twitter admits GDPR breach after exploiting user data
Twitter has been forced to fess up that it has been exploiting the personal data of potentially millions of its…
Marriott sets aside £104m just in case GDPR plea fails
Marriott International’s chief executive has talked a good game in the hotel giant’s battle to overturn – or at least…
GDPR fuels €445,000 sales fall for online firms in EU
Brussels may have hailed GDPR for “bearing fruit” but European online businesses are threatening to wither on the vine, with…
Brussels hails GDPR but warns of more work to be done
The European Commission is patting itself on the back for implementing GDPR, insisting that the regulation has achieved many of…