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  • TikTok fined £296m by watchdog over how it processed children’s data

    Technology

    TikTok has been fined 345 million euro (£296 million) by Ireland’s data watchdog following an investigation into how the social media platform processed children’s data. The fine was imposed on TikTok Technology Limited (TTL) by the Data Protection Commission (DPC) after the probe into how certain privacy settings and features complied with obligations under the EU’s General Data [...]

  • TikTok fined nearly £13m for accessing data of 1.4 million children without parents’ consent

    TikTok fined £12.7m

    TikTok has been fined £12.7m for using children’s personal data without parental consent, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has announced. The ICO said the social media giant allowed up to 1.4 million children under the age of 13 to use the app in 2020, breaching its own rules, and used their personal data without gaining [...]

  • Matt Hancock leaked Whatsapps not ‘matter’ for data breach inquiry, says regulator

    Covid-19

    Matt Hancock’s leaked Whatsapps about the Covid-19 pandemic are not a subject for a data breach investigation “at this stage”, a top regulator has said. Journalist Isabel Oakeshott, who worked with former health secretary Hancock on his book, Pandemic Diaries, handed over thousands of Whatsapp messages to the Telegraph. The paper published claims including that [...]

  • Gambling firm In Touch fined over £6m for failing to protect vulnerable customers and money laundering breaches

    January 25, 2023

    In Touch Games has been fined £6.1m for social responsibility and money laundering failings by the Gambling Commission. The gambling firm, which operates 11 websites including bonusboss.co.uk, cashmo.co.uk, drslot.co.uk, jammymonkey.com and slotfactory.com, was charged over not having appropriate policies, procedures and controls in place and not sufficiently considering or implementing the regulator’s money laundering and [...]

  • UK’s data watchdog to shift away from big fines to focus on prevention

    January 18, 2023

    The UK’s data watchdog has vowed to shift away from simply hitting companies with big fines for breaching data privacy rules and instead will look to adopt a more preventative approach. John Edwards, head of the Information Commissioner’s Office, said today that he will focus on preventing data breaches from happening in the first place [...]

  • UK’s data watchdog warns against ‘complacency’ after fining Interserve £4.4m over cybersecurity breach

    October 24, 2022

    The head of the UK’s data watchdog has vowed to fine firms falling short on cybersecurity after warning “complacency” within companies is the “biggest cyber risk businesses face”. The warnings come after the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) today fined British construction firm Interserve £4.4m over its failure to protect its employees’ data from cyberattacks. [...]

  • Data watchdog takes action against Virgin Media and six public bodies over information request failings

    September 28, 2022

    The UK’s information watchdog has taken action against Virgin Media and six public bodies over their repeated failures to respond to members of the public when asked to hand over personal information. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said the seven public and private sector bodies had repeatedly failed to respond to Subject Access Requests (SAR) [...]

  • TikTok could face £27m fine over children’s privacy allegations

    September 26, 2022

    TikTok is facing a possible £27m fine over claims it may have broken UK data protection law and failed to protect children’s privacy. The Information Commissioner (ICO) handed the social media platform a ‘notice of intent’ over alleged breaches between May 2018 and 2020. The investigation discovered TikTok may have processed children’s data without the [...]

  • Information watchdog to crack down on Freedom of Information request failures

    September 11, 2022

    The head of the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has warned public bodies it will take action against those failing to respond to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests within the required 20-day time frame, after issuing its first enforcement notice against a government department in seven years.   ICO chief John Edwards said the watchdog [...]

  • Lawyers should stop telling clients to pay ransoms to hackers, UK watchdogs say

    July 12, 2022

    Lawyers should not advise their clients to pay out ransoms to hackers, the UK’s data protection watchdog and cybersecurity agency have warned. In a joint letter to the Law Society, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) called on lawyers to discourage their clients from paying ransomware requests, as they argued [...]

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