Most firms clueless or unprepared for demise of cookies
British businesses’ failure to understand UK data protection laws is set to come back to bite them on the derriere, with…
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Class action ruling could force rewrite of UK data laws
Legal experts have delivered their verdict on this week’s ruling which rejected a £3bn class action against Google, with most…
Privacy groups claim victory over looming adtech ruling
Online ad industry body IAB Europe has tried to play down an imminent ruling that its adtech system – used…
Discord of the Ring: Court rules against Amazon device
Amazon has urged customers who have installed its Ring doorbell – which it is claimed helps to keep burglars, chancers…
Irish ‘helped Facebook create GDPR consent loophole’
The Irish Data Protection Commission has been accused of aiding and abetting Facebook to develop a “GDPR bypass”, allowing the…
Govt warned over plans to scrap human review of AI
Government plans to scrap human review of automated decisions made by AI – including recruitment and loan eligibility – could…
Footballers cry foul over ‘abuse’ of performance data
Hundreds of professional footballers are threatening to sue major betting, entertainment and data collection firms over what they claim is…
Local councils under fire over data accuracy failings
Just weeks after the first High Court action was launched over a company’s failure to keep accurate personal data, local…
Privacy group slams ‘bonfire of rights’ in data reforms
The Government’s data protection reforms will not only strip UK consumers of most of their privacy rights, they will create…
How will UK data reforms hit the marketing industry?
Data protection experts have delivered their verdict on the Government’s planned data protection reforms, with opinion divided as whether the…