Second firm in a week shuts up shop to avoid ICO fine
Concerns that the Information Commissioner’s Office crackdown on rogue telemarketing companies is becoming paralysed by Government inaction have heightened after…
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70% of customers plan to demand to see their data
Companies may be quaking in their boots over the prospect of huge fines for a data breach under GDPR but…
PPI cowboys ride roughshod over latest ICO crackdown
As the Terminator-style PPI compensation ads roll out, fresh evidence has emerged that directors of rogue claims companies are putting…
ICO ratchets up TPS abuse clampdown with £85k fine
The Information Commissioner’s Office has shown it will take no prisoners in its crackdown on abuse of the Telephone Preference…
ICO recruitment drive hit by scramble for GDPR experts
Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has warned that the regulator faces a major challenge in recruiting and retaining top staff to…
GDPR fuels major recruitment drive at UK businesses
The road to GDPR compliance may still be strewn with pot-holes but it is proving to be a far smoother…
Don’t view GDPR as an unnecessary burden, ICO insists
The Information Commissioner’s Office has insisted that businesses should not view GDPR compliance as “an unnecessary burden” but should use…
TPS screening gaffe sparks fresh warning from ICO
A major Telephone Preference Service screening cock-up has triggered a fresh warning from the Information Commissioner’s Office over non-compliance after…
ICO stands firm on ‘over strict’ GDPR consent guidance
Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has dismissed claims that UK firms are being held back by the regulator’s lack of GDPR…
GDPR ‘could wipe out 75% of UK customer databases’
Up to three quarters of the UK’s customer data held within business’ marketing databases could become obsolete on GDPR D-Day,…