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Data breach reports soar since GDPR, as firms fear mammoth watchdog fines
The number of whistleblower reports to the information commissioner over data breaches have jumped 175 per cent since GDPR came [...]July 15, 2019
Google workers listen in on private conversations via smart speakers
Google has admitted its contractors listen in on conversations people have with its smart speaker system, Assistant. The tech giant [...]July 12, 2019
Marriott International to be fined £99m for data breach
Hotel chain Marriott is set to be fined more than £99m for a data breach that compromised the personal details [...]July 9, 2019
Words, psychology, and marketing – why Verbalisation founder Sven Hughes wants to know how you talk
I’ve never been psychoanalysed before. But upon entering the conference room with Sven Hughes, founder of strategic communications consultancy Verbalisation, [...]June 3, 2019
GDPR is one year old, but has the EU’s data protection regulations helped business or eroded trust?
Saturday marks the first anniversary of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) finally coming into force. GDPR was [...]May 24, 2019
Irish data privacy watchdog launches probe into Google Ad Exchange
The Irish data privacy watchdog has launched an inquiry into Google over the way it collects data for online advertising. [...]May 22, 2019
Facebook ditches blue design as CEO Mark Zuckerberg throws focus on privacy
Facebook has ditched its trademark blue banner as it re-centres its tools around privacy following a year dogged by data [...]May 1, 2019
The Porn Laws are misguided, repressive, and totally ineffective at protecting children
Last week, the government announced a new law – one which would expose children to more harmful online material, compromise [...]April 24, 2019
Two-thirds of hotel websites leave guests’ personal data exposed to hackers
Two-thirds of hotel websites inadvertently leak guests’ personal data to third-party companies and leave customers vulnerable to hackers, a new [...]April 10, 2019Facebook and the tech giants are welcoming government regulation – that’s panic signal for all of us
Last year, I met someone who had previously worked for a big tech firm in its “free speech” unit. What [...]April 9, 2019Content tagged with "Data protection"
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