In three separate but connected cases the ICO has fined Leave.EU £60k and Eldon Insurance £60k for Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) offences relating … Read more
In September 2018 the EU launched its process for adopting an adequacy decision under the GDPR after negotiations concluded between the EU and Japan in … Read more
The French data regulator, CNIL, (the French equivalent of the UK’s ICO) has fined Google €50m, a record when it comes to data protection fines. … Read more
Whilst there has always been a responsibility on Data Controllers (those who collect and determine how personal data is processed) to ensure that their Data … Read more
The ICO have taken SCL Elections Ltd (AKA Cambridge Analytica) to court, and won, over a failure to comply with an enforcement notice issued to … Read more
When the GDPR came into force back in May last year one of the changes introduced was the concept of having a Data Protection Officer … Read more
On 17th December 2o18 a new PECR amendment regulation (Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendment) Regulations 2018) came into force. The updated regulation extends the powers … Read more
Back in November 2018, the ICO issued a number of fines to organisations who failed to register under the new data protection fee scheme. Action … Read more
From a data compliance perspective, 2018 has been quite a year thanks to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Christmas Day will mark 7 months … Read more
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a £200,000 fine to Tax Return Limited (“TRL”) for sending out 14.8m unsolicited marketing text messages (which generated … Read more