OneTrust mass sackings spark wrongful dismissal claim
US privacy giant OneTrust, which recently signed a major deal to be the DMA’s “responsible marketing partner”, has become embroiled…
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Germans stomp on Facebook over ‘illicit’ data sharing
The German high court has upheld an order for Facebook to stop the “illicit” practice of collecting and using customers’…
GDPR financially crippling for SMEs, Brussels is warned
GDPR is still proving difficult to implement, placing a major financial burden on SMEs, providing a lack of clarity for…
Google must ditch ‘forced consent’, French court rules
Google has been ordered to overhaul its privacy policies to ensure the company is “crystal clear” about what it does…
Google faces defeat in appeal against €50m GDPR fine
The French data protection authority looks to have beaten off a legal appeal by Google against its record €50m (£44m)…
DPN guide aims to tackle thorny issue of data retention
The Data Protection Network has published its first new GDPR guide since the organisation was relaunched last month, with the…
‘Sloppy’ charities accused of data governance failings
The charity sector is still struggling to come to terms with GDPR – two years after the regulation came into…
‘Nearly half of all firms reported to ICO under GDPR’
Those who have used the second anniversary of GDPR to question its effectiveness might have to eat a large slice…
Law firm pounces on EasyJet breach with £18bn claim
Compensation lawyers have wasted no time in going after EasyJet, following the major data breach revealed last week, with one…
GDPR two years on: EU chiefs finally admit funding issue
As GDPR approaches its second anniversary (on May 25) European Commission chiefs have urged member states to provide adequate resources…