Staffs firm joins TPS hall of shame with £90,000 fine
The war against companies which abuse the Telephone Preference Service has claimed yet another “collar”, with Staffordshire home security specialist…
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DVLA faces GDPR probe over ‘astonishing’ data sharing
The DVLA is facing an investigation into whether its data sharing practices are in breach of GDPR following reports the…
‘Utterly ruthless’ TalkTalk hacker jailed for four years
A TalkTalk hacker, who has had the threat of a prison sentence hanging over his head for nearly two-and-a-half years,…
Germans unleash GDPR blitz on behavioural ad giants
Privacy campaigners are ratcheting up their war against online behavioural advertising platforms, which they claim are in breach of GDPR,…
Leicester City FC on hiding to nothing over data breach
It is fair to say striker Jamie Vardy has got Leicester City out of a few scrapes over the years…
Ee ba gum, Northerners make most GDPR data requests
Companies bracing themselves for the next wave of data requests under GDPR have been alerted to the emergence of a…
TalkTalk back in dock for keeping quiet over stolen data
TalkTalk’s calamitous data breach has come back to bite it on the backside following claims that thousands of customers’ personal details –…
ICO ‘failings’ exposed as most probes come to nothing
The Information Commissioner’s Office enforcement team is facing further scrutiny following the release of new figures which show that, over the…
Brands ‘have no excuse’ to ignore data protection fee
Companies which fail to pay the new data protection fees have received yet another warning after one non-payer lost its…
Chubb mailing gaffe exposes customers’ personal data
Insurance giant Chubb, whose latest ad campaign claims the company’s policies are tailor-made to protect customers’ data, has been left…