Dixons Carphone fesses up that 10m were hit by breach
Dixons Carphone has been forced to admit that the mass data breach – which it claimed took place last year…
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ARM strikes $600m deal for data analytics start-up
ARM Holdings, one of the UK’s biggest technology success stories, is buying a US-based data analytics start-up as part of…
MPs demand crackdown on data industry over fake news
The data industry and social media firms should face tougher regulation to combat a growing crisis of data manipulation and…
$40m funding deal to fuel GlobalWebIndex growth spurt
Market research and insights company GlobalWebIndex, which already counts Google, Spotify, WPP, IPG and Omnicom Group among its client base,…
Tech giants join forces to tackle data sharing issues
With most tech giants still struggling to come to terms with GDPR, Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Twitter have at least…
Facebook suspends analytics firm which works for BBC
Facebook is attempting to prove it is serious about customers’ privacy by suspending yet another analytics firm – whose clients…
ICO takes no prisoners as complaints and fines rocket
The Information Commissioner’s Office has suggested it will leave no stone unturned in its fight against those companies which persist in flouting…
€4bn Google fine ‘sets the benchmark’ for GDPR action
The European Commission’s record €4.34bn (£3.9bn) fine for antitrust practices over the Android mobile operating system has “set the benchmark”…
Child sex abuse inquiry fined £200,000 for data misuse
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse has been fined £200,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office after a catalogue of…
GDPR sermon: Heaven knows we’re miserable now
Church goers are still struggling to come to terms with GDPR after one parishoner’s efforts to get prayers read out…