IT bod who does a bit of everything: You might want to specialise if that pay rise proves elusive Tech salaries up almost 2 per cent in 2018 On-Prem07 May 2019 | 34
UK taxman falls foul of GDPR, agrees to wipe 5 million voice recordings used to make biometric IDs Yes, yes, yes, we've told the ICO we are doing so, says HMRC Security03 May 2019 | 39
Turn me up some: Smart speaker outfit Sonos blasted in complaint to UK privacy watchdog Tech lawyer argues that 'give us all your data or your kit gets it' doesn't count as valid consent Legal10 Apr 2019 | 54
I know what EU did last summer: Official use of Microsoft wares to be probed over slurp fears Spectre of GDPR continues to haunt the halls of Redmond Legal08 Apr 2019 | 16
Fortune favours the Brave: Privacy browser chap takes gripes over adtech body's website to Irish data watchdog Prepare to scale the cookie wall Legal03 Apr 2019 | 36
Tough cookies: MEPs call for EU websites to be scrubbed of trackers It's not a great look for the home of GDPR, y'know Legal28 Mar 2019 | 21
Max Schrems schreds another 'blockade' to challenging Facebook data transfers in Austria Antisocial network: They gotta go to a DPA, man. Normal ppl can't sue us! Vienna court: I think you'll find... Legal25 Mar 2019 | 15
Pre-checked cookie boxes don't count as valid consent, says adviser to top EU court You can't assume active participation from someone who didn't untick something Legal22 Mar 2019 | 53
Year 1 of GDPR: Over 200,000 cases reported, firms fined €56 meeelli... Oh, that's mostly Google 2019 just a transition year, says French watchdog Legal14 Mar 2019 | 27
ICO, forgive me – it has been three weeks since I discovered my breach Businesses slow to detect, report data leaks pre-GDPR Legal11 Mar 2019 | 12
Is this the way the cookie wall crumbles? Dutch data watchdog says nee to take-it-or-leave-it consent Stern words to sites that deny access if users reject trackers Legal08 Mar 2019 | 47
US legal eagle: Well done, you bought privacy compliance tools. Doesn't mean you comply with anything From California state regs to Europe's GDPR: It's all just a 'veneer of protection' Legal25 Feb 2019 | 27
What's in a name? Quite a bit when it's the most hated abbreviation of 2018 (GDPR, of course) Marketing biz decides 'GD PR' was getting it noticed in all the wrong ways Legal20 Feb 2019 | 38
Unearthed emails could be smoking gun in epic GDPR battle: Google, adtech giants 'know they break Euro privacy law' As ICO goes on fact-finding missions over 'concerns' about security, transparency Security20 Feb 2019 | 64
Housing biz made to pay £1.5k for sticking fingers in its ears when served a subject access request If someone asks for their data, you give it to them, scolds ICO Security08 Feb 2019 | 32
Ad-tech industry: GDPR complaint is like holding road builders to account for traffic violations Privacy advocates: You're not road builders, you're the traffic authority Legal31 Jan 2019 | 42
Gripe to UK, Ireland, Poland: Ad tech industry inhales, then 'leaks' sensitive info on our health, politics, religion Regulators asked to tackle 'systemic' GDPR breaches Legal28 Jan 2019 | 24
Just keep slurping: HMRC adds two million taxpayers' voices to biometric database But thousands opting out in 'backlash', says privacy group Security25 Jan 2019 | 21
Colour us shocked: Google in €50m GDPR fine appeal bombshell Didn't see that coming Security24 Jan 2019 | 45
Struggling with GDPR compliance? Don't waste money on legal advice: Buy a shredder Oh, and this visitor book. How about a £60 cardboard bin? Bootnotes22 Jan 2019 | 46
French data watchdog dishes out largest GDPR fine yet: Google ordered to hand over €50m CNIL brands ad personalisation consent invalid, slams lack of transparency On-Prem21 Jan 2019 | 108
Say GDP-aaaRrrgh, streamers: Max Schrems is coming for you, Netflix and Amazon Updated Apple and others also in firing line as complaints filed Legal18 Jan 2019 | 27
GDPR: Four letters that put fear into firms' hearts in 2018 Data protection has never had a higher profile Legal26 Dec 2018 | 36
Domain name 'admin' role eyed up as latest victim of Whois system's GDPRmeggdon Plus anonymous email and all personal info to be redacted Legal27 Nov 2018 | 46
'Cuddly' German chat app slacking on hashing given a good whacking under GDPR: €20k fine PLAIN TEXT passwords showed up on file-hosting site Security23 Nov 2018 | 39
Microsoft menaced with GDPR mega-fines in Europe for 'large scale and covert' gathering of people's info via Office Telemetry data slurp broke the law, Dutch govt eggheads say Software16 Nov 2018 | 141
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean hackers won't nuke your employer into the ground tomorrow Black Hat survey on infosec's darkest fears Security14 Nov 2018 | 20
GDPR USA? 'A year ago, hell no ... More people are open to it now' – House Rep says EU-like law may be mulled Mega-hacks nudge Congress to consider privacy standard Security08 Nov 2018 | 53
US draft bill moots locking up execs who lie about privacy violations Don't want to consent? Law would allow firms to charge for access to products, services Legal05 Nov 2018 | 48
GDPR stands for Google Doing Positively, Regardless. Webpage trackers down in Europe – except Big G's Wait.... this wasn't in the script Personal Tech12 Oct 2018 | 24
Workplace services-flinger Sodexo pulls Engage website after division hit by malware smackdown UK information commish is investigating Security10 Oct 2018 | 9
Sendgrid blurts out OWN customers' email addresses with no help from hackers Along came some spiders and saw the unsubscribers... Security04 Oct 2018 | 15
Sneaky phone apps just about obey the law, still have no trouble guzzling your data, says Which? Probe shines light on epic Ts&Cs and clever tactics to make users cough up Applications26 Sep 2018 | 19
Aggregate this: NewsNow has spilt a bunch of 'encrypted' passwords Updated But no one will take the trouble to decipher them, right? Security25 Sep 2018 | 1
Brexit campaigner AggregateIQ challenges UK's first GDPR notice Canadian biz faces massive fine for allegedly exploiting personal info from Facebook Personal Tech24 Sep 2018 | 70
Generally Disclosing Pretty Rapidly: GDPR strapped a jet engine on hacked British Airways Analysis Suddenly, corps in a rush to fess up to e-break-ins Security12 Sep 2018 | 51
Law firm seeking leak victims to launch £500m suit at British Airways Prosecutors rub their hands with glee Security11 Sep 2018 | 29
Europe's GDPR, Whois shakeup was supposed to trigger spam tsunami – so, er, where is it? Updated No catastrophe after hardline privacy rules kick in Networks29 Aug 2018 | 25
Campaigners call for immigration exemption in UK's Data Protection Act to be scrapped Judicial review into law launched Legal28 Aug 2018 | 7
None too chuffed with your A levels? Hey, why not bludgeon the exam boards with GDPR? UK data watchdog's teen tips on how to be more annoying Security28 Aug 2018 | 46
Chap asks Facebook for data on his web activity, Facebook says no, now watchdog's on the case Info collected on folk outside the social network 'not readily accessible' Security24 Aug 2018 | 143
ETSI crypto-based access control standards land Need GDPR compliance now? Ask us how! Security22 Aug 2018 | 7
Connected car data handover headache: There's no quick fix... and it's NOT just Land Rovers Who has the keys to your car? Security21 Aug 2018 | 132
That's the way the cookies crumble: Consent banners up 16% since GDPR While news sites cut cookies by 22% – but Google retains omnipresence Security21 Aug 2018 | 36
Internet overseer continues wall-punching legal campaign ICANN appeals its appeal and tells German courts yet again that they're wrong Legal21 Aug 2018 | 49
Google responds to location-stalking outcry by… tweaking words on its BS support page Hi, is that the FTC? Yep, they're at it again Personal Tech17 Aug 2018 | 44
Google risks mega-fine in EU over location 'stalking' Special Report First big test for GDPR looms Legal16 Aug 2018 | 104
Internet overseer ICANN loses a THIRD time in Whois GDPR legal war US org told by German court its delusional claims in privacy rules battle are not credible Legal07 Aug 2018 | 87
Web doc iCliniq plugs leaky S3 bucket stuffed full of medical records Exclusive Even the file names exposed sensitive info, claim researchers Security03 Aug 2018 | 13
Holy ship! UK shipping biz Clarksons blames megahack on single point of pwnage Cybercrim either 'hit the jackpot account' or knew which one to target, claims infoseccer Security01 Aug 2018 | 21
Oooooh! Fashion! Yes, 1m-plus accounts on clothes, trinket websites exposed by lax security Fingered e-commerce biz reckons just 'several thousand' Security01 Aug 2018 | 12
India mulls ban on probes into anonymized data use – with GDPR-style privacy laws Thought having your call center in India was a good idea? Maybe not so much now Legal31 Jul 2018 | 13
Shock Land Rover Discovery: Sellers could meddle with connected cars if not unbound Secondhand owners who didn't sell at JLR dealer can call us, says firm Security27 Jul 2018 | 123
Call records breach let users feel like Movistars (with everyone watching who they're talking to) Enumeration bug potentially allowed users to peek at each others' details Security18 Jul 2018 | 8
Thomas Cook website spills personal info – and it's fine with that Decides not to report code blunder despite Europe's new GDPR privacy rules Security10 Jul 2018 | 12
ICANN't get no respect: Europe throws Whois privacy plan in the trash Clueless DNS overseer sees lazy efforts torn apart – again Legal06 Jul 2018 | 72
Things that make you go hmmm: Do crypto key servers violate GDPR? One does not simply 'remove' data from key servers Security05 Jul 2018 | 57
Startup bank Monzo: We warned Ticketmaster months ago of site fraud Compromised payment cards detected in April, JavaScript code meddling revealed in June Security28 Jun 2018 | 21
Facebook, Google, Microsoft scolded for tricking people into spilling their private info Manipulative user interfaces lead netizens away from privacy Personal Tech27 Jun 2018 | 39
GDPR forgive us, it's been one month since you were enforced… … and we still aren’t accepting EU users Legal25 Jun 2018 | 165
ICANN pays to push Whois case to European Court of Justice Just has to lose GDPR rulings in other courts first Legal15 Jun 2018 | 39
Dixons Carphone 'fesses to mega-breach: Probes 'attempt to compromise' 5.9m payment cards Over a million records containing 'personal data' also affected Security13 Jun 2018 | 100