Ryanair flies into privacy storm over forced accounts
Ryanair might face regulary complaints about poor working conditions, extra charges, and a tendency to generate controversy in order to…
GDPR
Doorstep Dispensaree GDPR appeal fails for final time
Doorstep Dispensaree, the first UK company to be fined under the GDPR regime, has failed in its fourth – and…
US tech giants face first UK class action over AI data
Microsoft and Google are facing the prospect of the first UK class action over the alleged unlawful collection and use…
Three-quarters of top sites ‘fail to get consent for ads’
Online businesses continue to be in breach of one of the key tenets of data protection law, with a new…
Pinterest accused of illegal ad tracking in GDPR breach
Social media platform Pinterest is the latest tech giant to have fallen foul of data protection and privacy stalwart Max…
LinkedIn hit with €310m GDPR fine over 2018 complaint
Microsoft-owned LinkedIn has been whacked with a €310m (£258m) fine and ordered to overhaul its data processing practices, after being…
Certification plan aims to finally tackle online ad privacy
Key players in the marketing and publishing industry are working with the Information Commissioner’s Office in an attempt to finally…
Meta GDPR ruling to force adtech industry to limit data
Austrian privacy activist and lawyer Max Schrems has scored yet another victory in his long-running battle with tech giant Meta…
Fresh encryption warning as Meta fines now top €2bn
The Irish Data Protection Commission has sent out a warning to all online firms over how they store passwords after…
LinkedIn caves in over AI data but tech fightback begins
LinkedIn has become the latest tech giant to cave into pressure over its artificial intelligence training programme following an intervention…