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…
“I have HIV, now what?” Tracking cookies found on NHS advice pages
Invasive tracking technology has been covertly installed on more than a dozen NHS landing pages about sensitive medic…
Businesses are failing to adequately report data breaches
Most data breach reports are late and contain an inadequate level of detail, according to new statistics released by …
How Leicester Tigers complied with GDPR and boosted its 4G connectivity
Phil Everitt is the management information systems (MIS) and projects manager at rugby club Leicester Tigers, and hol…
British companies have suffered 10,000 data breaches since GDPR came into force
British companies have fallen victim to more than 10,000 data breaches since GDPR came into force last May, according…