Denham confirms GDPR hotline gets 500 calls a day
With just over six weeks to go before GDPR comes into force the Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has said that…
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Royal Mail slapped by ICO for 300,000 unlawful emails
Royal Mail might be licking its lips in anticipation of a boost in direct mail volumes thanks to the ICO’s…
Stack hires Merkle DBG data chief as Kimber departs
MSQ Partners agency Stack has appointed Merkle DBG’s Mark King as its first chief data officer to succeed data strategy…
DMA demands answers over threat to third-party data
The DMA is calling on the Information Commissioner’s Office to provide urgent guidance on how third-party data will be affected…
Vacancies for data protection officers rocket by 700%
Parish councils might be praying for divine intervention to enable them to afford to hire data experts but other organisations…
Data deletion tsunami claims blown out of the water
Claims that companies will be inundated with data deletion requests once GDPR comes in to force in May appear to…
Cambridge Analytica: A question of ethics not legality
The news surrounding Cambridge Analytica and its apparent “data breach” has dominated the headlines for days. It’s a story that…
ICO finally publishes GDPR legitimate interest guidance
With fewer than 60 days to go until GDPR compliance D-Day, the Information Commissioner’s Office has finally released its guidance…
Google and Unilever join fight for ICO to retain EU role
Unilever and Google have backed calls to keep the UK Information Commissioner’s Office at the top table of EU data…
GDPR: Making the case for using legitimate interests
With the exception of wilful cowboys, most organisations – whether they are a charity or a commercial business – probably…