Ticketmaster fined £1.25m over personal data breach
Ticketmaster has been fined £1.25m for failing to keep the personal data of millions of customers secure. The online events […]
GDPR
Twitter could face its first GDPR penalty within days
European data protection regulators have inched toward an enforcement decision for a Twitter breach that the company publicly disclosed in […]
EU finance ministers call for GDPR clarity as they back greater info-sharing to tackle money laundering
EU finance ministers are calling for clarity on data protection rules as they seek to harmonise anti money laundering regulations […]
Data protection scofflaws failed to pay £2m or 68% of fines from UK watchdog
Scofflaws have failed to pay nearly £2m in fines handed out by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office over the past […]
Marketers Pessimistic About Third-Party Cookie Changes
Seven in 10 believe digital advertising will be adversely affected by these changes and will take a step backwards, according […]
More GDPR applied in the UK than in Italy & France Combined
A report released by BuyShares has revealed that the United Kingdom tops for the imposition of data breach penalties with […]
‘Accept cookies’ banners are undermining privacy
Amid the flurry of new privacy laws over the past few years like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), companies […]
NOYB Approved to File Class Actions and Claim Damages in Front of Belgian Courts
On October 29, 2020, the non-governmental organization co-founded by privacy activist Max Schrems, None of Your Business (NOYB), announced it […]
Experian faces GDPR action after ICO finds ‘widespread data protection failings’
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has ordered credit rating giant Experian to stop profiting from the secretive enriching and processing […]
Uber drivers union asks EU court to overrule ‘robo-firing’ by algorithm
Former Uber drivers have filed a legal challenge against the company in Europe, arguing that its “robo-firing” practices contravene GDPR. […]
Half of large companies to adopt privacy-enhancing computation by 2025
Half of large organisations will implement privacy-enhancing computation for processing data in untrusted environments within five years, Gartner has predicted. […]
EU regulator warns Europol could be breaking data rules
Law enforcement agency Europol is likely to have mishandled troves of personal data in breach of the agency’s own rules, […]