This week the Information Commissioner’s Office handed British Airways the biggest data protection fine in hist…
Why the tech giants want governments to regulate facial recognition
Use of facial recognition software in UK police trials has boosted the profile of one of its suppliers, NEC Corporati…
The NAO has missed an important point about citizen data
Today the National Audit Office has published a report on the challenges in using data across government. It criticis…
Government “failing” to make progress on data
Whitehall’s failure to prioritise the use of high quality data has compromised government programmes and contri…
HMRC deletes five million unlawfully harvested voice records
HMRC has agreed to delete more than five million people’s voice records after the UK’s privacy watchdog r…
The FTC may force Facebook to set up an independent privacy committee
Facebook could be forced to set up a privacy oversight committee as part of its settlement with the US Federal Trade …
Fediverse’s ambitious plan to give people control over their data again
In the digital age, people’s information is being harvested for a variety of reasons: some good, but mostly for comme…
Facebook should drop appeal against £500,000 fine, says ICO
Facebook should drop its appeal against a £500,000 fine relating to the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the UK’s d…
The case for regulating algorithms
For businesses and wider society, the potential benefits of technology are immense. Diseases can be diagnosed and tre…
Austrian judge rules Max Schrems can take civil action against Facebook
Max Schrems, one of Europe’s most high-profile privacy lawyers, has overcome a major hurdle in his four-year-long leg…