23red pumps up volume to tackle high blood pressure
Public Health England is launching a campaign to promote its Heart Age Test to raise awareness of the importance of…
Government
PPI cowboys ride roughshod over latest ICO crackdown
As the Terminator-style PPI compensation ads roll out, fresh evidence has emerged that directors of rogue claims companies are putting…
UK commits to EU data deal but detail remains scarce
British business groups have welcomed the latest Government commitment to enable unhindered data sharing with the European Union after Brexit,…
Business leaders welcome new UK Data Protection Bill
The Department for Culture, Media & Sport has confirmed plans to present the Data Protection Bill to Parliament as soon…
ICO must retain top role in EU post-Brexit, urge Lords
The Government must fight to keep the Information Commissioner’s Office at the top table of European data protection regulation or…
‘Industry champion’ Hancock keeps digital minister role
The direct marketing industry has escaped the political turmoil sparked by last week’s General Election result after it was confirmed…
MPs urged to ensure rogue call directors bill is not axed
Parliament is being urged to make sure that the pledge to make directors of rogue telemarketing companies personally liable for…
Govt in dock as yet another rogue call director gets off
Keurboom Communications director Gregory Rudd – whose company has just been fined a record £400,000 for making nearly 100 million…
Govt data sharing plan branded ‘attack on privacy’
Privacy groups have cried foul over Government plans to allow the taxman to start sharing data with town halls in…
ICO poised to draw up new code for direct marketing
The Digital Rights Bill has passed through the commitee stage reasonably unscathed, despite seeing the direct marketing industry being savaged,…