ICO urges parents to treat online privacy like road safety
The Information Commissioner’s Office is calling on parents to treat their children’s online privacy like road safety and stranger danger…
ICO
Regulators unite to pre-empt car finance ‘feeding frenzy’
The UK’s top regulators have joined forces to launch a new taskforce to prevent motor finance claims from turning into…
Brummie business bashed for barrage of badgering calls
The Information Commissioner’s Office is continuing its seemingly endless war on the scourge of nuisance calls by battering a Birmingham-based…
Most top UK websites still breaching cookie regulations
The majority of the UK’s biggest websites are still dropping tracking cookies on users without consent, despite the Information Commissioner’s…
Complaints soar but ICO insists ‘we won’t react to noise’
Information Commissioner John Edwards has defended the regulator’s enforcement record, while admitting that he expects total complaints to reach 75,000…
£14.5m Reddit fine fuels warning over kids’ data privacy
The Information Commissioner’s Office has warned it is gunning for companies which fail to protect children online after battering Reddit,…
Tech firms told to ensure AI images are sound – or else
Technology firms have received a shot over the bows over the rapid rise of AI-generated images depicting real people without…
ICO appeal ‘victory’ fuels fresh personal data warning
The Information Commissioner’s Office has reiterated its warning that it will take “robust action” against companies that fail to protect…
Two more convicted over mass UK car crash data theft
The Information Commissioner’s Office has welcomed the convictions of two further individuals following its extensive investigation into the unlawful accessing…
Guidance ‘black hole’ sparks charity soft opt-in warning
Charity marketers have been warned to take a “softly, softly” approach to the new data protection rules which came into…