Complaints to the ICO soar as performance takes a hit
The Information Commissioner’s Office has seen a significant drop in performance at a time when staff costs are higher than…
GDPR
TikTok back in the dock over data transfers to China
TikTok’s week has gone from bad to worse after the Irish Data Protection Commission has confirmed it is launching a…
Round 1 to ICO as TikTok opens £12.7m penalty appeal
TikTok has failed in its initial attempt to get its £12.7m UK GDPR fine thrown out even before its appeal…
TikTok whacked once again as privacy fines near €1bn
Advertisers might be clamouring to hand their budgets to TikTok but its data protection record has been battered once more…
Assassin’s Creed firm accused of illegal data collection
Video game giant Ubisoft – the company behind Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Prince of Persia – has been accused of…
Collapsed 23andMe warned over UK customer data sale
US biotech genetic testing company 23andMe has been warned that the personal information of its UK customers remains protected by…
ICO apologises for backlog of data protection complaints
The Information Commissioner’s Office has made the unusual step of issuing an unprompted apology over its complaint handling procedures, insisting…
Data law ‘grey areas’ give UK firms the heebie-jeebies
Almost two-thirds of UK businesses are not entirely confident in their compliance with domestic and EU regulation around data protection…
Charities warned over abuse of new email soft opt-in
The Information Commissioner’s Office has warned the charity sector to tread carefully if and when the proposed ‘soft opt-in’ for…
ICO unveils direct marketing tool to keep activity legal
The Information Commissioner’s Office is doing its bit to ensure organisation keep on the right side of data laws with…