Website fined by German court for leaking visitor's IP address via Google Fonts Now that's egg on your typeface Legal31 Jan 2022 | 108
UK data watchdog slaps Ministry of Justice with Enforcement Notice for breaking GDPR law ICO threatens £17.5m fine over late processing of subject access requests Legal19 Jan 2022 | 15
Austrian watchdog rules German company's use of Google Analytics breached GDPR by sending data to US Schrems II ruling continues to trouble transatlantic data sharing Security13 Jan 2022 | 44
SlimPay fined €180k after 12 million customers' bank data publicly accessible for 5 years Updated French regulator's investigation finds multiple breaches of GDPR Security04 Jan 2022 | 13
Offering Patreon subs in sterling or euros means you can be sued under GDPR, says Court of Appeal Even if you've got no other EU legal presence Legal04 Jan 2022 | 68
Luxembourg judge hits pause on Amazon's daily payments of disputed $844m GDPR fine Box shifter argues it's not clear what it is supposed to change Personal Tech20 Dec 2021 | 42
UK and USA seek new world order for cross-border data sharing and privacy They'll even run a competition to help this along Legal09 Dec 2021 | 39
German court rules cookie preference service that shared IP addresses with US firm should be halted Schrems II starts to be felt in Europe Legal08 Dec 2021 | 34
Alibaba splits itself into Chinese and overseas ops Seeks world domination through 'diversified business governance' Off-Prem06 Dec 2021 | 6
Pension cold-calling financial services biz cops largest ever fine from UK data watchdog EB Associates facing £140k penalty for 107,000 illegal calls Security01 Dec 2021 | 50
UK watchdog's punishment for Blackbaud, Easyjet, other big privacy lawbreakers was slap on the wrist in private Is this what they call light-touch regulation? Security01 Dec 2021 | 22
UK data guardian challenges government proposals on automated decision-making Plans to change UK regulations could mean a 'significant departure' from EU law, watchdog says AI + ML23 Nov 2021 | 34
Data transfers between the EU and the US: Still unclear on what you're supposed to do? Here's an explainer This (still) applies to British businesses too... for now Security01 Nov 2021 | 79
You can 'go your own way' over GDPR, says UK's new Information Commissioner Tells committee: I know I said Facebook was 'morally bankrupt' but... Security13 Sep 2021 | 103
Right to contest automated AI decision under review as part of UK government data protection consultation Right not to be subjected to solely automated decisions might not be keeping pace with 'data-driven economy' says document AI + ML10 Sep 2021 | 37
British data watchdog brings cookies to G7 meeting – pop-up consent requests, not the delicious baked treats Why are they asking G7 to do their job for them, muses critic Security07 Sep 2021 | 50
Facebook: Let us tell you WhatsApp – we don't want to pay that €225m GDPR fine Zuckerborg plans to appeal Irish data protection slap Legal02 Sep 2021 | 32
UK promises big data law shake-up... while also keeping the EU happy, of course. What could go wrong? New Information Commissioner to be given licence to promote 'innovation and growth' Networks26 Aug 2021 | 157
Zoom incompatible with GDPR, claims data protection watchdog for the German city of Hamburg Updated Takes aim at US videoconferencing software as tech world+dog calls lawyer for a quick chat SaaS17 Aug 2021 | 80
Gov.UK taskforce publishes post-Brexit wish-list: 'TIGRR' pounces on GDPR, metric measures Let's 'free up data for innovation and in the public interest,' says paper Legal17 Jun 2021 | 123
'Vast majority of people' are onside with a data grab they know next to nothing about, reckons UK health secretary Comment A day before THAT delay, Matt Hancock told MPs that 'citizens' own the data he'd instructed the health department to take by default Databases09 Jun 2021 | 86
UK government bows to pressure, agrees to delay NHS Digital grabbing the data of England's GP patients What's that? Letting people know just weeks before was a bad idea? Databases08 Jun 2021 | 64
UK's Labour Party calls for delay to NHS Digital's GP data slurp until patients can be properly informed Plus: National watchdog says pseudonymisation is data processing Databases07 Jun 2021 | 41
Facial recog firm Clearview hit with complaints in France, Austria, Italy, Greece and the UK Updated Privacy groups claim images are stored 'indefinitely', even after deletion, in GDPR breach AI + ML27 May 2021 | 52
Dutch government: Did we say 10 'high data protection risks' in Google Workspace block adoption? Make that 8 Untangling privacy implications of using Google's productivity suite not easy Security05 Mar 2021 | 23
Can we exhale yet? EU set to rule UK 'adequate' for data sharing in post-Brexit GDPR move Decision would mean less complicated situation for Blighty's digital economy Legal15 Feb 2021 | 32
As UK breaks away from Europe, Facebook tells Brits: You'll all be Californians soon Boris can’t manage a US trade deal, so antisocial media giant has done it for him Personal Tech16 Dec 2020 | 173
Twitter scores a first for big tech after being fined €450,000 by Ireland's data watchdog for violating the EU's GDPR Fellow industry giants shuffle feet nervously Security15 Dec 2020 | 12
Microsoft hasn't had a good time with privacy recently – so here's a tool that checks your data compliance is up to snuff Sitting comfortably? It's an Azure Purview Preview Legal04 Dec 2020 | 12
ICANN begs Europe: Please fill in the blanks on this half-assed GDPR-compliant Whois we came up with We can’t get our community to agree, perhaps you’ll do our job for us? Networks08 Oct 2020 | 76
EU's decision on UK data adequacy set to become 'political football' in broader Brexit negotiations There are bigger fish to fry, but policy changes could still scupper a deal Security29 Sep 2020 | 34
£2.5bn sueball claims Google slurps kids' YouTube browsing habits then sells them on Video platform is not for under-13s, insists spokesman Security15 Sep 2020 | 14
Oracle and Salesforce targeted in €10bn GDPR lawsuit backed by profit-making litigation fund Case to be filed in the Netherlands and London Security14 Aug 2020 | 16
UK data watchdog having a hard time making GDPR fines stick: Marriott scores another extension, BA prepares to pay 11% of £183m penalty threat Updated COVID-battered businesses win reprieve from Information Commissioner's Office Security05 Aug 2020 | 41
An axe age, a sword age, Privacy Shield is riven, but what might that mean for European businesses? Comment The little guys could get caught out with costly consequences Security20 Jul 2020 | 30
Lock down your data – or get the cheque book out: ICO privacy violation fines are rising, say lawyers You can thank GDPR for that Legal20 Jul 2020 | 7
Legal complaint lodged with UK data watchdog over claims coronavirus Test and Trace programme flouts GDPR 'Government is moving too fast, and breaking things as a result' Security04 Jun 2020 | 121
Wanna force granny to take down that family photo from the internet? No problem. Europe's GDPR to the rescue Grandchild Digital Picture Removal Bootnotes22 May 2020 | 50
Vint Cerf suggests GDPR could hurt coronavirus vaccine development Essay on role of internet during plague times also suggests online schooling may not be the finished article Security15 May 2020 | 64
ProtonMail-run website boasting 'complete guide' to GDPR left credential-baring .git repo exposed online Ooo, double irony! Security29 Apr 2020 | 2
Browser minnow Brave nips at Google with GDPR complaint Claims 'don't stand up to serious scrutiny' retorts Google Personal Tech16 Mar 2020 | 16
Google to appeal against €7m fine from Swedish watchdog for failing to remove search results under GDPR Right to be forgotten? We forgot... Legal11 Mar 2020 | 25
'An issue of survival': Why Mozilla welcomes EU attempts to regulate the internet giants Interview The web is 'optimised for Chrome, not for independent browsers' Legal20 Feb 2020 | 107
EU've been naughty: GDPR has netted bloc €114m in fines since 2018 France, Germany and Austria house the most offenders – survey Legal20 Jan 2020 | 35
UK data watchdog kicks £280m British Airways and Marriott GDPR fines into legal long grass Info Commish has £2m annual legal budget to face off with multinationals Security13 Jan 2020 | 37
VMware warning, OpenBSD gimme-root hole again, telco hit with GDPR fine, Ring camera hijackings, and more Roundup Your quick summary of infosec news beyond everything else we've reported Security16 Dec 2019 | 20
You're about to gouda major change in Microsoft cloud security after Redmond agrees to go Dutch on data Will take the GDPR hit for all cloud biz so you don't have to SaaS18 Nov 2019 | 9
Sure, we made your Wi-Fi routers phone home with telemetry, says Ubiquiti. What of it? You didn't ask for it, we didn't tell you about it, but hey, it clears GDPR so what you gonna do? Networks07 Nov 2019 | 134
Dough! Jobs microsite for UK's data watchdog set hundreds of cookies without visitors' consent Information Commissioner's Office is very knowledgeable about why that's bad Legal07 Nov 2019 | 27
Tech and mobile companies want to monetise your data ... but are scared of GDPR Are you guys also feeling a bit teary and sad for those poor, poor businesses? Legal05 Nov 2019 | 68
Who's the leakiest of them all? It's the UK's public sector, breach fine analysis reveals Ah, the old lost disk scenario... On-Prem28 Oct 2019 | 16
Euro data watchdog has 'serious concerns' as to whether EU deals with Microsoft obey GDPR Dutch agreement should be extended to entire bloc, says statement Legal21 Oct 2019 | 11
GDP-arrrrrrgggghhh! A no-deal Brexit: So what are you going to do with all that lovely data? Feature What we know, plus potential ways to make that data flow Legal05 Sep 2019 | 115
GDPR...rrrse! Mass-mail fail as German biz asks UK resellers for consent to use their dealer data What's the worst subject line for an email CC'd to world+dog? Bootnotes28 Aug 2019 | 32
Talk about unintended consequences: GDPR is an identity thief's dream ticket to Europeans' data Black Hat Revenge plan morphs into data leak discovery Security09 Aug 2019 | 138
Marketing biz bares folks' data in the act of asking for their GDPR comms preferences Sprint Education plugged digit-diddling URL snafu quickly Security22 Jul 2019 | 10
Estate agent dodges GDPR-sized bullet after exposing 18,610 folks' data for two years Fined £80,000 under Data Protection Act – could have been a lot more under new EU rules Legal19 Jul 2019 | 7
Marriott's got 99 million problems and the ICO's one: Starwood hack mega-fine looms over Technically not yet A Thing but there's a war of words over it Security09 Jul 2019 | 28
Reports of cyber attacks fall, says UK.gov survey: GDPR? Fewer nasties? More targeted attacks? We just don't know 'Cyber stuff is still happening and some businesses are taking it more seriously' Security04 Jul 2019 | 8
Own goal: $280,000 GDPR fine for soccer app that snooped on fans' phone mics to snare pub telly pirates La Liga says privacy watchdog is Barca-ing up the wrong tree Personal Tech12 Jun 2019 | 50
Irish data cops are shoving a probe right into Google's ads Updated Doubleclick complaint alleges Chocolate Factory's data handling breaches GDPR Legal22 May 2019 | 47
Do Not Track is back in the US Senate. And this time it means business. As in, fining businesses that stalk you online Analysis Republican Senator preps proposed legislation ahead of hearing Personal Tech20 May 2019 | 44