Article 29 Working Party investigating Facebook-Cambridge Analytica
Reaction and developments generated by last weekend’s revelations that Cambridge Analytica processed and did not delete Facebook user data continue […]
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UK investigates Facebook over data breach, to raid Cambridge Analytica
Britain is investigating whether Facebook did enough to protect data after a whistleblower said a London-based political consultancy hired by […]
UK’s DPA promises regulatory sandbox for digital innovations
Businesses developing innovative digital products and services will be able to test that their solutions comply with data protection laws […]
WhatsApp will not share user data with Facebook until it complies with GDPR
Facebook, its popular messaging app WhatsApp, and the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) have reached a truce in their long-running […]
WhatsApp sharing user data with Facebook would be illegal, rules ICO
The UK’s data protection watchdog has concluded that WhatsApp’s sharing of user data with its parent company Facebook would have […]
Affiliate marketing industry needs to clean up its act in terms of privacy law compliance
An international operation has found that the affiliate marketing industry has significant issues to overcome in terms of compliance with […]
Consent needed for electronic marketing
Speaking at the Direct Marketing Association’s (DMA) conference on 23 February, Information Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, said that whilst the details […]
GDPR not at odds with FCA Handbook, say UK authorities
New data protection laws are not at odds with regulatory requirements imposed on companies in the financial services sector, two […]
Company previously fined for making nuisance calls is prosecuted for failing to change its ways
A company that has already been fined for making nuisance calls has now been prosecuted in a criminal court for […]
UK’s DPA publishes data security incident trends in Q3 2017
View the recent data security incidents that have been reported or notified to the UK’s Data protection authority – ICO, […]
Cryptojacking attack hits ~4,000 websites, including UK’s data watchdog
At first glance a CoinHive crypto miner being served by a website whose URL contains the string ‘ICO’ might not […]
Employee who sold personal data to nuisance callers is fined
A former worker at an accident repair firm who downloaded and sold the personal data of motorists to nuisance callers […]