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Predatory marketing calls will be data protection priority, says regulator

The UK’s data protection regulator has made predatory marketing calls and supporting children’s privacy two of its key focuses over the next three years as part of a new action plan. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) will additionally look ...

14 Jul 2022 at 01:01

Cyber security and data watchdogs ask lawyers to help stop ransomware payments

Solicitors have been asked by the UK’s cyber security agency and data protection watchdog to not encourage clients to pay ransomware demands. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said they are ...

08 Jul 2022 at 12:51

Labour accuses Conservative Government of ‘pulling its own business’

Labour has accused the Conservative administration of “pulling its own business” after the Commons leader told MPs the Government “will not move” the second reading of the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill. Making a business ...

05 Sept 2022 at 17:52

Children ‘safer online now than a year ago because of safety code’

Children online today are “better protected” than they were a year ago, the Information Commissioner has said as he marked the first anniversary of the Age Appropriate Design Code being introduced. Rolled out in September last year, ...

02 Sept 2022 at 01:01

Personal Finance

Experian ‘very pleased’ with outcome of appeal against ICO action

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has said it will consider whether to appeal, following a ruling on its action to require Experian to change how it handle’s people’s personal data. The judgment supported aspects of the ...

20 Feb 2023 at 12:33

Ireland

Irish data protection watchdog defends handling of social media investigations

Ireland’s data protection watchdog has defended its stance and the pace of its investigations into breaches by social media giants. Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon said the long-running criticisms are “becoming old ...

15 Sept 2022 at 10:24

City

Privacy watchdog sorry for saying ex-NatWest boss breached Nigel Farage’s rights

The privacy watchdog has apologised to former NatWest boss Dame Alison Rose for suggesting she broke privacy rules when discussing Nigel Farage with a journalist. The Information Commissioner’s Office said that it had not ...

06 Nov 2023 at 14:52

Ireland

Facebook parent company fined 265 million euro by Irish data watchdog

Tech giant Meta has been fined 265 million euro by Ireland’s data protection watchdog for breaching EU data privacy laws. The Data Protection Commission (DPC) issued the sanction against the Facebook parent company for ...

28 Nov 2022 at 16:46

Ireland

WhatsApp fined 5.5m euro by Ireland’s data watchdog

WhatsApp has been fined more than five million euro by Ireland’s data watchdog over data protection breaches. The 5.5 million euro fine was imposed on WhatsApp Ireland by the Data Protection Commission (DPC) for ...

19 Jan 2023 at 15:20

Ireland

Irish data watchdog to seek order to annul ‘problematic’ EU authority direction

Ireland’s data watchdog has fined Facebook’s parent company Meta Ireland 390 million euro as a row erupted over whether further investigation of the use of people’s data is warranted. Meta Ireland was fined 210 ...

04 Jan 2023 at 16:37

Patient data held by hacker group after cyber attack, health board confirms

A hacker group is in possession of at least a “small number” of patients’ data following a cyber attack, NHS Dumfries and Galloway has said. Reports emerged on Wednesday of a post by the group INC Ransom on ...

27 Mar 2024 at 15:56

Ireland

LinkedIn fined 310 million euros by Data Protection Commission

Ireland’s data watchdog has fined networking site LinkedIn 310 million euros and ordered it to bring its data processing into compliance with EU law following a probe into how it deals with users’ data. ...

24 Oct 2024 at 14:40

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