ICO taps up industry for probe into programmatic ads
The Information Commissioner’s Office is calling on the adtech industry to help it determine how best to police the programmatic…
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Out in the cold: two more rogues banned for 10 years
The bosses of two lead generation firms have been barred from holding company directorships for a total of ten years…
Agencies and charities may face FOI request scrutiny
Private businesses which work for central and local government could soon to be subject to Freedom of Information requests, in…
Watchdog collars Facebook over messenger merger plan
The Irish Data Protection Commissioner is demanding an “urgent briefing” from Facebook over its plans to merge WhatsApp, Instagram and…
Cambridge Analytica firm fined for ignoring ICO demand
Cambridge Analytica parent company SCL Elections has been fined £21,000 – including over £6,000 in costs – for failing to…
ICO urged to tackle confusion over legitimate interests
The Information Commissioner’s Office is being urged to provide greater clarity over how firms can use legitimate interests for direct…
Minister: ‘No hiding place’ for rogue cold call directors
Digital minister Margot James has pledged that there “is now no hiding place” for rogue directors of telemarketing firms, with…
Finance firm hit by £200,000 fine for 15m illegal texts
London-based finance firm Tax Returned has been fined £200,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for sending out millions of…
Facebook hit with €10m fine over dodgy data practices
Facebook has been whacked with a €10m (£8.9m) fine by Italian authorities over the misuse of data – only the…
Over 900 face fines for not paying data protection fees
The Information Commissioner’s Office says it has sent over 900 “notices of intent” to fine companies who have failed to…