Kids’ online privacy study among winners of ICO grants
A new study into children’s online privacy, a tool to help consumers protect and enforce their data protection rights and…
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Americans streets ahead of UK firms with GDPR plans
With GDPR D-Day looming large, it appears the Americans are way ahead of the game when it comes to getting…
Denham’s crusade to boost data transparency in tatters
Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham’s personal crusade to persuade companies to improve data transparency appears to have hit a brick wall after the…
DMA tells firms: don’t expect all the answers on GDPR
Companies looking for definitive answers on how to comply with the looming GDPR are barking up the wrong tree; organisations…
Data firms ‘on a hiding to nothing’ in ICO investigations
Verso Group has hit back at the Information Commissioner’s Office’s handling of its investigation – and subsequent press statements – …
ICO stirs hornet’s nest with plans for huge rise in fees
The Information Commissioner’s Office has finally revealed how much companies will have to cough up under its new three-tier payment…
Data industry braced for knock at door as ICO hits Verso
The Information Commissioner’s Office has put the data broking industry on red alert after slapping Verso Group with an £80,000…
Equifax can’t find addresses for 14 million customers
Equifax has confessed that the real reason it has not contacted the 14 million UK customers who had their name…
Up to 10 million eye GDPR data compensation pay-out
Up to 10 million UK consumers could seek compensation from companies which hold their data when GDPR comes into force…
Sort out your privacy notices or face action, ICO warns
Organisations must be far more open, honest and transparent in their online privacy notices or face the risk of enforcement…