Pre-paid funeral firm’s marketing plans buried by ICO
Pre-paid funeral service Avalon Direct has dug itself into a large hole after being fined £80,000 for making unlawful marketing calls…
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TV firm whacked for illegal filming at maternity clinic
The TV production company behind last year’s Stacey Dooley Children in Need documentary – which specialises in exposing human rights…
Facebook buckles over EC data transparency demands
Facebook has finally bowed to pressure from the European Commission and consumer protection authorities to be more transparent over how…
Top brands savaged for not paying data protection fee
Reckitt Benckiser, Coty UK, Prezzo, Caterpillar, Condé Nast and Ubisoft are among the major brands which have been named and…
Companies warned that GDPR compliance is not enough
Over ten months after GDPR came into force, companies have been warned that simply complying with the new regulation is…
Newham council under cosh for Gang Matrix data leak
The London Borough of Newham has been whacked with a £145,000 fine for disclosing the personal information of more than…
Swansea telemarketing gang guilty of ‘free’ boiler fraud
A gang of four men who ran a huge telemarketing scam out of an office in Swansea, which it is…
‘Toothless’ charity preference service under new attack
The Fundraising Preference Service has been branded “toothless”, after it was revealed that fewer than a quarter of the charities…
Denham: ‘If you’re serious Zuckerberg, drop ICO appeal’
Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has called Mark Zuckerberg’s bluff, following his assertion that Facebook wants greater Internet regulation, insisting if…
‘GDPR experts’ in the dock over dubious legal advice
Legal firms and self-styled “GDPR experts” are being warned they could face compensation claims if they are found to have…