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TikTok could face £27m fine for ‘failing to protect children’s privacy’

TikTok could face a £27 million fine over a possible breach of UK data protection law by failing to protect children’s privacy when using the platform. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued the social media company with a notice of ...

26 Sept 2022 at 12:41

City

Privacy group complains of ‘unlawful’ facial recognition at convenience stores

Privacy rights group Big Brother Watch has submitted a complaint against Southern Co-Operative’s use of facial recognition cameras, claiming it is “Orwellian” and “unlawful”. According to the complaint made to the Information Commissioner’s Office,...

26 Jul 2022 at 08:17

Clearview AI fined £7.5m by watchdog and ordered to delete UK data

Facial recognition technology firm Clearview AI has been fined more than £7.5 million and ordered to delete all data gathered from people in the UK after an investigation into its practices. The firm has collected billions of images of people’s ...

23 May 2022 at 12:00

‘Predatory’ firms fined over 750,000 marketing calls to elderly and vulnerable

Five “predatory” firms who targeted elderly and vulnerable people with more than 750,000 marketing calls have been fined £405,000. The companies targeted people signed up with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS) – a register for those who ...

16 Mar 2022 at 01:25

No prosecutions over leak of CCTV showing Matt Hancock kissing aide

No-one will be prosecuted over the leaking of CCTV footage that showed former health secretary Matt Hancock kissing his aide while coronavirus social distancing guidelines were in place. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said it ...

13 Apr 2022 at 15:55

Scotland

Data watchdog raps Scottish Government over Covid Status app privacy issues

The UK’s data watchdog has reprimanded the Scottish Government and NHS National Services Scotland over their failure to inform people how their personal information is used by the NHS Scotland Covid Status app. The app is one method ...

25 Feb 2022 at 09:25

Change needed to stop victims being treated as suspects, data watchdog warns

Rape victims are still being asked to hand over their mobile phones as part of “excessive” police scrutiny, nearly a year on from a Government pledge to overhaul how cases are investigated, the data watchdog has warned. Information ...

31 May 2022 at 01:01

City

Competition watchdog accepts Google’s privacy changes

The competition watchdog has accepted proposed changes made by Google to the way it uses customer data. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the search engine has now signed up to legally binding rules to avoid growing ...

11 Feb 2022 at 08:55

Home Office reprimanded after sensitive counter-terror documents left at venue

The Home Office has been reprimanded by a watchdog after sensitive counter-terrorism documents were left at a London venue. The documents, which were handed to the police in September last year after being found by venue staff, ...

07 Oct 2022 at 18:48

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 ...

02 Sept 2022 at 01:01

Information Commissioner denies data protection laws would ‘shackle’ media

The Information Commissioner has denied his office’s proposed data protection and journalism code of practice would “shackle” the media after it faced criticism from a group of British newspaper editors. John Edwards said ...

21 Dec 2022 at 15:07

Scotland

Scottish Government should release legal advice on indyref2, commissioner rules

The Scottish Government should publish legal advice it received about a second independence referendum, the information commissioner has ruled. Daren Fitzhenry, the Scottish Information Commissioner, said disclosing some ...

27 Apr 2022 at 12:25

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