ICO issued £42m in fines last year; £29m is still unpaid
The Information Commissioner’s Office has revealed that it is still owed nearly £29m in unpaid fines for breaches of data…
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ICO heads to classroom to teach kids about data privacy
The Information Commissioner’s Office is going back to school in an effort to help children and young people understand the…
Targeted ads use ‘illegal surveillance’, lawmakers told
EU and US legislators are being urged to outlaw online targeting, amid claims it is actually “surveillance-based advertising”, with an international…
DMA hails EU data pact but Govt could yet scupper deal
The DMA has expressed relief that Brussels has finally sanctioned the data adequacy agreement – which will maintain the free…
War on ‘illegal’ adtech RTB heads to the German courts
The battle against what is claimed to be the “the world’s largest data breach, every day” is moving to the…
Amazon faces mega GDPR fine in war on US tech giants
Amazon is reportedly facing the largest GDPR fine on record – an eye-watering €350m (£301m) – following an investigation by…
GDPR fines near €300m as Italian stallions lead way
GDPR critics may have to eat their words following the publication of a new analysis which reveals there have been…
Facebook nemesis targets sites over consent cookies
Austrian privacy activist and lawyer Max Schrems, who has been a thorn in the side of Facebook for nearly a…
Clearview AI whacked with multiple GDPR complaints
Clearview AI, a company which has built a powerful facial recognition database using images “scraped” from the Internet, has been…
SShh! Most UK businesses still cover up data breaches
Three years down the line and it seems companies are still struggling to get to grips with GDPR, with new…