TikTok data breach class action dropped over cost fears
TikTok has managed to swerve a potentially damaging High Court data protection class action after former children’s commissioner for England…
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‘In limbo’ industry demands full details of data reforms
The DMA is demanding the urgent publication of the Government’s planned reforms of data protection laws, claiming the data-driven marketing…
Ministers come out fighting with big tech clampdown
The Government has set out its final vision for how the new Digital Markets Unit (DMU) regulator will work, including…
Online firms to face huge fines for hosting fake reviews
The UK Government is finally acting on fake reviews with plans to make it illegal for companies to pay someone…
Online Safety Bill: Bosses must act now to avoid prison
The Government is finally introducing its Online Safety Bill in Parliament today, some three years – and numerous rewrites –…
UK confirms scam ad action and opens online ad review
The UK marketing and advertising industry has backed changes to the Government’s Online Safety Bill, which mean scam ads appearing…
Ofcom press-gangs phone networks into scam call war
Ofcom’s fight against telemarketing crooks is being dialled up to the max with a multi-pronged attack designed to further strengthen…
Adult sites face stiff penalties as age checks rise again
The Government is aiming to resurrect its limp attempts at forcing adult websites to introduce age-verification measures in a rehash…
New cyber security laws threaten mega fines for firms
The Government is planning a major crackdown on how UK companies handle their own cyber security measures with proposed new laws…
Big issues still to tackle in 2022: What price privacy?
In the second of our series re-examining the industry’s “big issues to tackle in 2017” we look at data protection,…