Amazon starts appeal against ‘flawed’ €746m GDPR fine
Online retail giant Amazon has launched an appeal against its €746m (£636m) GDPR fine – the second highest penalty since…
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Bottom of the class: UK universities failing on cookies
Universities and higher education institutions stand accused of a widespread failure to comply with the laws covering online tracking via…
Meta ad-free service faces data protection showdown
Meta’s ad-free subscription service for Facebook and Instagram is not only illegal – and pitiful – it takes data protection…
ICO: ‘Firms have 30 days to sort ad cookies – or else’
Just 24 hours after being slated for failing to enforce the laws governing online tracking for advertising, the Information Commissioner’s…
Edwards: Clearview AI appeal ‘a matter of principle’
Information Commissioner John Edwards is not giving up on his quest to bring facial recognition giant Clearview AI to book,…
Social media giants cough up €3bn for privacy failings
Social media marketing and messaging has become a high-risk activity in the GDPR era, with the most popular platforms –…
ICO blames limited resources as GDPR action dries up
The Information Commissioner’s Office has been accused of losing its appetite for issuing fines after it blamed “limited resources” for…
ICO grovels to NatWest chief over ‘Farage-gate’ probe
The Information Commissioner’s Office has been forced to apologise to former NatWest chief executive Dame Alison Rose over the so-called “Farage-gate”…
Meta subscription launch ‘not just about making money’
Meta claims that plans to launch ad-free subscription versions of both Facebook and Instagram in the EU are not about…
Red faces at ICO as Clearview AI overturns £7.5m fine
The Information Commissioner’s Office has suffered an embarrassing defeat at the First-Tier Tribunal after it ruled the regulator did not…