20% of firms fear ruin as GDPR panic spreads globally
UK businesses may be living in fear of the looming deadline for GDPR compliance but these concerns are spreading like…
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ICO insists GDPR guidance will cover legitimate interest
The Information Commissioner’s Office has rubbish claims that it will not be issuing guidance on how companies can use so-called…
Microsoft claims to be first to offer GDPR compliance
Microsoft is aiming to steal a march on its rivals operating in the £23bn cloud storage market by pledging that…
Final GDPR consent guidance set to be published in June
The Information Commissioner’s Office says it will publish a final version of its GDPR consent guidance in June, after receiving…
GDPR profiling clampdown puts companies on red alert
Companies still struggling to get to grips with the new rules governing marketing consent under GDPR might want to look away…
Charity watchdog exposes ICO gaffe on GDPR consent
The Information Commissioner’s Office has run into further bother over its draft guidance on GDPR consent with what appears to…
ICO makes senior hires as it staffs up for GDPR assault
The Information Commissioner’s Office has made two senior appointments to help strengthen its strategic work in regulating the use of…
Data firms face massive fines as charities get off lightly
There are fears the firms which supplied charities with wealth screening and data matching services will be forced to cough up…
Third-party data crackdown will wreak havoc says DMA
The DMA has blasted plans to beef up existing laws on the use of third-party data, insisting that changing the…
Charities claim they have not got enough time for GDPR
Despite being given over two years to get in shape for the EU data protection reforms – like ever other…