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GDPR is already seven years out of date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…
The Data Protection Bill fails at properly regulating the digital world
The Data Protection Bill has been a missed opportunity to debate the pressing issue of the regulation of the fuel tha…
Facebook F8: Zuckerberg unveils plans for a “clear history” privacy tool
Mark Zuckerberg has unveiled plans for a new tool to give users control of the data Facebook gathers about them from …