data protection

Critics worry this is a missed opportunity to change Facebook's data practices after the Cambridge Analytica scandal

Fourfold increase in organisations reporting data breaches points to big year ahead as GDPR fines begin rolling in

The penalty represents 1.5% of the firm’s annual turnover for hacks that affected 500,000 people

It's not all doom and gloom - here's how you can make GDPR work for you

We're far too careless with our own personal data, especially on the Tube

Guidance for both individuals and companies on how a data request should be processed

Privacy group welcomes the ICO report but accuses the regulator of proceeding slowly on "massive illegality"

Despite GDPR coming into force businesses may still find themselves sanctioned under the 1998 act

Despite big fines levied, Citrix’s privacy chief says we still don’t have a sense of what enforcement will look like

The fined company was accused of working with a third-party to distribute more than four million unsolicited text messages

The action was prompted after the records were found to be collected unethically since January 2017

The tech giant's new tools follow data privacy updates from Microsoft and Facebook

The company shared the data of 14 million people without gaining full permission to do so

Draft proposals will see senior managers face criminal liability, while ISPs could block some services entirely

Data trove thought to have been shared prior to Facebook's policy reforms

Committee that branded Facebook “digital gangsters” seeks to protect society from ‘insidious onslaught of digital disruption’

The Facebook CEO strikes a conciliatory note just as UK politicians are primed to legislate against big tech

If you process data, you can stay lawful by adhering to these principles

As AI use grows, data protection must be embedded by design, according to the ICO

The ICO will also take action against pair for "abuse of positions of trust"

Why your company needs them, and what they should include

Regulatory compliant businesses are more appealing to investors and have boosted their overall efficiency

The Irish data regulator is also probing Apple, Twitter and LinkedIn for alleged data protection violations