Cambridge University’s Psychometrics Centre will become one of the first organisations to be investigated under…
The ICO plans to fine Facebook a record £500,000 over the Cambridge Analytica scandal
The UK’s data protection regulator intends to issue Facebook with a record £500,000 fine over its handling of t…
Who is driving the AI agenda and what do they stand to gain?
From the critical, like law enforcement, healthcare, and humanitarian aid, to the mundane, like dating and shopping, …
GDPR: HMRC’s database of 5.1m voice records raises “significant questions of lawfulness”
An HMRC database of 5.1 million taxpayers’ biometric voiceprints may breach new European data protection laws, …
GDPR: How the ICO plans to enforce the sweeping new regulations
The EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation comes into force today, ushering in new rights for citizens and…
Max Schrems has lodged GDPR complaints against Facebook and Google
The privacy activist Max Schrems lodged GDPR complaints against Facebook and Google within hours of the new regulatio…
GDPR is already seven years out of date
Will the last person to email me about their data privacy policy please shut the door behind them? If everyone who h…
Facebook has suspended 200 apps in light of the Cambridge Analytica scandal
Facebook has suspended 200 apps from its platforms as part of an ongoing investigation into developers’ exploit…
Jim Killock: why we’re taking the government to court over the Data Protection Bill
After the Windrush scandal, and the destruction of landing cards that had been used as evidence of people’s residency…
What does the NIS Directive mean for tech companies?
Quietly and with little publicity, new regulations relating to computer security will come into effect on Thursday, 1…