Sports Direct ‘sweeps staff data breach under carpet’
Sports Direct appears to have hammered yet another nail in the coffin of its employee relations following reports that the…
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Data watchdog bears its teeth to list broking sector
The Information Commissioner’s Office has warned companies supplying dodgy marketing data that they are firmly in its sites after naming…
ICO data abuse probe to trigger fines for 11 charities
Eleven UK charities have been warned to expect fines for breaches of the Data Protection Act, as the investigations into…
Read it and weep: ICO offers latest GDPR guidance
It is not often that you hear the phrase “thank god for the Information Commissioner’s Office” but this week those…
24 firms under investigation for charity data failings
The Information Commissioner’s Office has confirmed it is investigating 24 companies as part of its inquiry into charity sector marketing,…
Dearth of prosecutions puts Corporate TPS in dock
Fresh questions are being raised about the effectiveness of the Corporate Telephone Preference Service (CTPS) following claims that there has…
Bognor firm causes storm over call blocking scam
The genteel seaside resort of Bognor Regis may not have hit the headlines much since King George V’s alleged final…
‘Honest’ data agency hit for barrage of illegal texts
North-west data specialist Lad Media, which claims clients “can count on our honesty, integrity and professionalism”, has been spanked by…
Illegal data being sold on industrial scale for just 4p
An undercover investigation has claimed that legitimate list brokers are selling illegally gathered sensitive personal and financial information on an…
Car crash data thieves hit for £400,000 in civil case
Enterprise-Rent-A-Car has sent out a chilling warning to anyone thinking of stealing customer data after it has emerged three former…