Political parties warned to improve data transparency
The long awaited audit into the data protection practices of the UK’s political parties has unearthed serious concerns with how…
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UK data giants ‘off the hook’ over Cambridge Analytica
The UK data industry appears to have been told to “keep calm and carry on” despite repeated claims of wrongdoing over the…
Top UK data firms still under investigation, 2 years on
The Information Commissioner’s Office investigation into Cambridge Analytica and SCL Elections might be done and dusted but the regulator has…
24 million hit as Experian suffers another data breach
Experian bosses who felt a comforting sense of schadenfraude at rival Equifax’s 2017 data breach are now facing their own…
ICO 2 Aaron Banks 0: Brexit chief fails to overturn fines
The Information Commissioner’s Office has struck a double blow to Aaron Banks after the arch-Brexiteer’s attempts to overturn a double…
Industry calls on Government to drive future growth
As the Conservatives secure the biggest Parliamentary majority since the Eighties, marketing and advertising industry bodies have urged the new…
Election poll lifts lid on the good, the sad and the ugly
As the UK’s political parties enter the final countdown to week’s General Election, it has been revealed that Brexit Party…
Political parties face legal threat over voter data abuse
The three main political parties are being threatened with legal action over their use of personal data to build voter…
Brexit Party pummelled over backlog of data requests
The Brexit Party has blamed a “co-ordinated attempt” to flood the organisation with personal data requests after being hauled up…
Political parties urged to come clean on data sources
The General Election campaign has barely got off the ground but a raft of privacy groups are already demanding that…