ICO under fire for ‘cavalier approach’ to spam text fine
The boss of a company which has overturned a £60,000 spam text fine on appeal has accused the Information Commissioner’s…
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TPS abuse triggers £150,000 blow to Manchester firm
The Information Commissioner’s Office is continuing its crackdown on rogue telemarketing companies with Manchester firm Oaklands Assist UK the latest to feel…
Facebook in the dock again as regulators probe breach
Facebook’s latest data breach – which has hit up to 50 million accounts – has triggered a raft of investigations…
Bupa hit by £175,000 fine for mass insider data theft
Bupa Insurance Services has been whacked with a £175,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office for failing to have effective security…
ICO launches crackdown as firms fail to pay new fees
The Information Commissioner’s Office has begun formal enforcement action against 34 organisations that have failed to pay the new data…
Firms urged to set up their own EU data transfer deals
With just six months to go before Brexit comes into force, the Government is now advising firms to draw up…
$273bn behavioural ad industry ‘is in breach of GDPR’
Behavioural advertising might be the mainstay of many brands’ marketing strategies – estimated to be worth $273bn this year –…
Companies overloading the ICO as GDPR jitters strike
Companies are so paranoid about breaching GDPR that they are inundating the Information Commissioner’s Office with over 500 calls a…
Npower direct mail blunder sparks data breach probe
Npower might boast of “super powers” in its advertising but these obviously do not stretch to its data governance after…
New nuisance calls crackdown ‘smacks of PR exercise’
The Government’s latest crackdown on so-called nuisance calls – which will see Brits have to opt in to receive cold…