‘Reckless’ firm called 270,000 consumers on the TPS
A Welsh company which was found to have made over 270,000 calls to people registered on the Telephone Preference Service…
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Will it ever end? Now Marriott wins further GDPR delay
Just days after British Airways said it was expecting a 90% reduction in its proposed £138m GDPR fine, Marriott International…
BA allots £20m for GDPR fine but may not pay a penny
British Airways appears confident of securing a huge reduction in its proposed £183m fine for breaching GDPR, with its latest…
Firms face scramble for post-Brexit data transfer deals
Brussels data protection chiefs have issued yet another shot across the bows to UK-based companies which transfer data to and…
National Trust among 125 hit by Blackbaud hack in UK
A total of 125 UK organisations have contacted the Information Commissioner’s Office so far to report they have been affected…
Privacy groups hit out at fresh delay to adtech probe
Privacy groups have ramped up their attack on the data regulator’s continued failure to stamp out the adtech industry’s widespread…
DMA recoils at plan to hand out Covid data to councils
The marketing industry has balked at Government plans to give local authorities increased access to public data, urging ministers to…
ICO reveals fewer than 1% of investigations led to a fine
The Information Commissioner’s Office annual report has exposed a chronic hit-rate when it comes to regulatory action, despite operating costs…
Data transfer red tape awaits as new Brexit blitz begins
The UK Government is attempting to breath new life into its marketing activity to promote what it claims will be…
Consumers call for AI crackdown as ICO begins probe
Consumers are becoming increasingly alarmed about the rise of artificial intelligence, and are demanding tougher regulation and more accountability of…