Civil liberties group challenges ‘Bulk hacking’ by UK spy agencies
“Bulk hacking” powers exploited by the intelligence services to access electronic devices represent an illegal intrusion into the private lives […]
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How did UK’s Government decide that the immigration exemption was in “the general public interest”?
The immigration exemption in Schedule 2 (paragraph 4) of the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA2018) has always been controversial; it […]
UK Publishes Proposed Regulation for IoT Device Security
The United Kingdom’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is consulting on regulatory proposals regarding consumer Internet of Things […]
Big Tech condemn GCHQ proposal to listen in on encrypted chats
An international coalition of civic society organizations, security and policy experts and tech companies — including Apple, Google, Microsoft and […]
Prince Harry beat paparazzi using GDPR
Prince Harry won a legal dispute with Splash News, a photo agency which used a helicopter to take pictures inside […]
Only 0.25% of reported data breach cases fined under GDPR
Data requested by digi.me shows that of 11,468 data breach cases closed by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) since GDPR’s […]
Data transfers as the Brexit clock counts down
Many business owners have spoken of their concern for the impact a “no deal” Brexit could have on personal data […]
ICO’s draft Age Appropriate Design Code could seriously impact child data processing
On 15 April 2019, the ICO opened a public consultation on a draft code of practice titled Age Appropriate Design. […]
ICO launches the ‘Be Data Aware’ campaign
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is launching the ‘Be Data Aware’ campaign to help the general public understand how […]
UK tax authority deletes non-consensually obtained voice files
The UK tax authority is deleting the voice records of five million taxpayers, because the data was not collected in […]
The future of the ePrivacy Regulation and the impact of Brexit on its application in UK
The European Parliament set out its position on the Regulation in October 2017. However, the Council of the EU, which […]
New laws should strengthen security across Internet of Things
New laws may soon be passed to improve the security of IoT gadgets, in the wake of an increasing number […]