Govt mulls beefing up ICO as CA warrant is delayed
Culture Secretary Matt Hancock has revealed that the Government will look into strengthening the powers of the Information Commissioner’s Office…
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Zuckerberg vows to act but blames Cambridge Analytica
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has finally broken his silence over the Cambridge Analytica data scandal and pledged to take action…
66,000 at risk as payday loans firm admits data breach
Payday loan company Trusted Quid is not exactly living up to its name after becoming the latest firm to fess…
How to stop your company being the next data scandal
Data is under the spotlight yet again as the ICO ramps up its investigation into Cambridge Analytica, the UK firm…
Cambridge Analytica chief steps down from DMA role
The chair of the DMA’s Business to Business Council Richard Robinson, who is commercial vice-president of Cambridge Analytica, has stepped…
ICO applies for warrant as Facebook scandal escalates
Facebook has been rocked by the ongoing Cambridge Analytica scandal, with $37bn (£26bn) wiped off its value as the Information…
Cambridge Analytica row ‘lets genie out of the bottle’
Claims that Cambridge Analytica employed clandestine methods to harvest the data of 50 million Facebook users have finally “let the…
Former Equifax tech chief charged with insider trading
The fall out from the Equifax data breach continues to crash down on the company after a former executive has…
17,000 Tesco customers hit by Travelex data breach
Thousands of Tesco customers have had their personal details exposed – including date of birth, home and mobile phone numbers,…
100 days until GDPR D-Day: data sharing on the rise
With exactly 100 days to go before the biggest shake-up of data protection laws in a generation comes into force,…