Sloppy BT whacked for sending 5 million illegal emails
BT has been consigned to the data-driven marketing hall of shame after becoming the latest major brand to have been…
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Glos cops cuffed over leak of sensitive child abuse data
Gloucestershire Police has become the latest force to be hauled up in front of the privacy regulator after being fined…
Dixons Carphone and the £400m data breach question
Dixons Carphone could find itself in a whole lot of bother following the data breach which exposed 6 million customers’…
Ex-Cambridge Analytica chief in data privacy start-up
Cambridge Analytica’s former chief data officer and acting CEO has launched a new consultancy offering his services as a “data…
ICO’s ‘measured’ Yahoo! fine risks ‘soft touch’ protests
As the Information Commissioner’s Office knuckles down to yet another investigation into a major data breach, it risks accusations that…
Dixons Carphone pummelled as hackers strike again
Dixons Carphone – whose Carphone Warehouse division was slapped with a joint record £400,000 fine in January over “multiple inadequacies”…
GDPR is far too tough on SMEs claims Facebook nemesis
Small businesses have won a powerful ally in their battle against the worst excesses of GDPR, with the man whose…
Lib Dems come clean to ICO over breach of voter data
The Liberal Democrats are believed to be the first political party to report themselves to the Information Commissioner’s Office since…
Even God’s disciples can’t escape the ICO or a huge fine
It seems that not even the Father, Son and Holy Ghost offer no defence when it comes to falling foul…
Virgin Media shoots itself in foot over phishing attack
Virgin Media has hit back at Decision Marketing for suggesting its customer data had been accessed by fraudsters, with one…