Hotel hell: Fresh Marriott data breach hits 5.2 million
Marriott International, the hotel giant which is awaiting its fate over a proposed £99m fine from the Information Commissioner’s Office over…
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Regulator gives the green light for mobile data tracking
The Government has been given the green light to use mobile phone data in the fight against coronavirus after the…
ICO pledges ‘light touch’ over coronavirus privacy fears
The Information Commissioner’s Office has vowed to cut firms some slack over the enforcement of data protection rules during the…
Cathay Pacific wings clipped with £500,000 data fine
Further evidence has emerged that data protection rulings are like London buses – you wait ages for one then two…
At last, ICO issues the first PECR penalty in six months
Just when it had seemingly gone all quiet on the Western Front in the war on so-called nuisance calls, a…
ICO 2 Aaron Banks 0: Brexit chief fails to overturn fines
The Information Commissioner’s Office has struck a double blow to Aaron Banks after the arch-Brexiteer’s attempts to overturn a double…
Red faces at FCA as regulator fesses up to data breach
The Financial Conduct Authority – the overlord of the financial services industry – has been forced to admit it has…
WhatsApp and Twitter facing first major GDPR rulings
WhatsApp and Twitter are facing “blockbuster” GDPR fines from the EU’s top privacy regulator after the Irish Data Protection Commissioner…
Mail blames the ICO for blocking coronavirus warnings
Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham’s alleged love affair with the Daily Mail Group appears to have ended abruptly after the newspaper…
Rogues go free as nuisance call crackdown is sidelined
The scourge of so-called nuisance calls is still alive and kicking, with an analysis of complaints made to the Information…