Meta heralds Threads launch but EU battles rage on
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta might be hailing the launch of its new rival to Twitter but the tech giant…
GDPR
Criteo whacked by €40m fine from 2018 data breach
Adtech giant Criteo, whose clients include Asos, Deliveroo, Procter & Gamble and Shopify, has been issued with a GDPR fine…
Major brands warned over extortion after global attack
Top brands including British Airways, Boots and the BBC must brace themselves for “potential extortion, publication of stolen data, and…
Microsoft vows to fight $425m GDPR fine for LinkedIn
Microsoft has warned investors that it is facing a potential $425m GDPR fine for targeted advertising practices by LinkedIn –…
GDPR five years on: ‘Firms just don’t fear enforcement’
Privacy campaigner Max Schrems has used the fifth anniversary of GDPR to launch a scathing attack against the lack of…
GDPR five years on: The death knell for lazy marketing?
GDPR. Just five years ago, those four letters were enough to give most marketers a nasty bout of the heebie-jeebies….
Meta ad opt-out branded ‘laughable and embarrassing’
Meta’s solution to allow Facebook and Instagram users in Europe to opt out of some personalised ads from this week,…
Meta bows to GDPR ruling to block personalised ads
Meta is being forced to allow Facebook and Instagram users in Europe to opt out of some personalised ads from…
Easylife slashes £1.3m data fine by 80% after appeal
Home shopping group Easylife has managed to slash its £1.3m fine – imposed by the Information Commissioner’s Office in October…
ICO appeals Experian ruling; ‘Tribunal got law wrong’
Just 24 hours after joining forces to back the Government’s new shake-up of data protection laws, Information Commissioner John Edwards…