Tributes flood in for EU data ethics champion Buttarelli
The EU’s top data protection chief, Giovanni Buttarelli, a key architect of GDPR and one of the first to question…
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Teen ‘hacker-for-hire’ slapped with 20-month jail term
A teenager from Norwich has been banged up for 20 months after offering his services as a “hacker-for-hire” and supplying…
What’s best, zero party, first party or third party data?
Earlier this summer, Google announced it would be updating Chrome to provide users with more transparency about how sites are…
Brussels hails GDPR but warns of more work to be done
The European Commission is patting itself on the back for implementing GDPR, insisting that the regulation has achieved many of…
ICO funding pays off but fears grow over huge legal bills
Anyone still wondering why the Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham went cap in hand to the Treasury to plead for more…
UK firms battered by one hack attack every 50 seconds
As British Airways and Marriott International chiefs prepare to defend themselves against record GDPR fines, the full scale of the…
Now Marriott takes a £99m battering for GDPR failings
Proof that GDPR fines are like London buses – you wait ages for one to arrive and then two come…
Gnashing watchdog to fuel rise in breach over-reporting
The data watchdog has been warned that its latest attempt to prove that its GDPR enforcement teeth are razor sharp…
ICO shows ‘staggering’ lack of judgement over BA case
The Information Commissioner’s Office has been slated for its handling of the British Airways data breach investigation, amid claims it…
BA faces record £183m GDPR fine for data meltdown
British Airways has the dubious honour of becoming the first major UK brand to be pummelled by GDPR, with the…