Industry reprieve as ePrivacy shake-up hits the buffers
Companies which are bracing themselves for the new ePrivacy Regulation have been given some respite following reports that the European…
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Retailers and social media sites face GDPR data exodus
Retailers and social media companies will be hit hardest by consumers’ desire to use GDPR to take back control of…
GDPR two months on: Are you on road to compliance?
Two months have now passed since the marketing industry should have been GDPR-ready. Although the ICO didn’t set a hard…
The dam bursts: companies hit by flood of data requests
Claims that companies would be inundated with data deletion requests once GDPR came in to force might appear to have…
ePrivacy shake-up ‘will finally bring tech giants to heel’
The looming ePrivacy Regulation will revolutionise the way the Internet works, and finally stop the major tech companies from riding…
Tech giants join forces to tackle data sharing issues
With most tech giants still struggling to come to terms with GDPR, Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Twitter have at least…
ICO takes no prisoners as complaints and fines rocket
The Information Commissioner’s Office has suggested it will leave no stone unturned in its fight against those companies which persist in flouting…
British Airways grounded as data privacy storm erupts
British Airways has been hit by a major privacy backlash after its social media team was found to be asking…
€4bn Google fine ‘sets the benchmark’ for GDPR action
The European Commission’s record €4.34bn (£3.9bn) fine for antitrust practices over the Android mobile operating system has “set the benchmark”…
Only a fifth of UK companies are compliant with GDPR
It seems that repeated warnings from the ICO, press hysteria or even the widespread scaremongering over GDPR have not shaken…