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ICO is struggling to collect fines from companies that violate data protection rules
ICO is struggling to collect fines from companies that violate data protection rules

Watchdog lacks teeth: 68 per cent of fines issued since January 2019 haven't been paid

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  • 03 December 2020
Trump campaign used Cambridge Analytica data to deter millions of black voters from voting for Hillary Clinton, report
Trump campaign used Cambridge Analytica data to deter millions of black voters from voting for Hillary Clinton, report

5 TB database used in secret efforts focused on dissuading voters in 16 swing states

  • Strategy
  • 29 September 2020
Facebook-Giphy deal being probed by UK competition watchdog
Facebook-Giphy deal being probed by UK competition watchdog

The CMA is concerned about possible 'substantial lessening of competition' due to the acquisition

  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • 15 June 2020
Do we really want Palantir embedded in the NHS?
Do we really want Palantir embedded in the NHS?

Beware bad policy made in haste because of coronavirus, say campaigners

  • Big Data and Analytics
  • 30 March 2020
Facebook strikes deal with ICO over Cambridge Analytica
Facebook strikes deal with ICO over Cambridge Analytica

Facebook to pay £500,000 fine without admission of responsibility

  • Security
  • 30 October 2019
Facebook belatedly suspends 'tens of thousands' of apps in privacy probe following Cambridge Analytica affair
Facebook belatedly suspends 'tens of thousands' of apps in privacy probe following Cambridge Analytica affair

Facebook has filed lawsuits against a number of app developers over data expropriation

  • Privacy
  • 23 September 2019
Time to break up social media firms? MPs and activists on the threat to democracy from online disinformation
Time to break up social media firms? MPs and activists on the threat to democracy from online disinformation

Western democracy is under severe threat from autocratic regimes' use of Facebook and Twitter

  • Security
  • 05 June 2019
Facebook lawyer: users should not expect privacy on Facebook or any other social media platform
Facebook lawyer: users should not expect privacy on Facebook or any other social media platform

Facebook lawyer argued that users' right to privacy is forfeit as they are, basically, sharing their thoughts with everyone online

  • Security
  • 31 May 2019
Increasing public trust in intelligence-led policing
Increasing public trust in intelligence-led policing

Boyd Mulvey calls for an advocate to champion better communication around the benefits of intelligence-led policing, with comment from the Independent Digital Ethics Panel for Policing and Essex Police

  • Big Data and Analytics
  • 22 May 2019
Facebook's deal with the FTC to put the company under 20 years of oversight over privacy policies
Facebook's deal with the FTC to put the company under 20 years of oversight over privacy policies

Facebook could be fined as much as $5bn for violating a 2011 agreement over data privacy with the US Federal Trade Commission

  • Security
  • 14 May 2019
Facebook to create privacy oversight committee with Zuckerberg personally accountable for data privacy, claims report
Facebook to create privacy oversight committee with Zuckerberg personally accountable for data privacy, claims report

Move comes as Facebook faces fine of up to $5bn over lackadaisical attitude to users' privacy

  • Social Networking
  • 02 May 2019
Facebook sets aside $3bn to cover anticipated US privacy violations fine
Facebook sets aside $3bn to cover anticipated US privacy violations fine

Facebook posts record profits but braces for Federal Trade Commission fine that could total $5bn

  • Security
  • 25 April 2019
Cambridge Analytica parent fined £15,000 for non-compliance with ICO
Cambridge Analytica parent fined £15,000 for non-compliance with ICO

SCL Elections breached the Data Protection Act by ignoring an enforcement issue

  • Big Data and Analytics
  • 09 January 2019
Private Facebook documents seized by parliament
Private Facebook documents seized by parliament

Documents allegedly contain email conversations about privacy controls that led to the Cambridge Analytica scandal

  • Legislation and Regulation
  • 26 November 2018
Facebook fined pre-GDPR maximum of £500,000 by ICO over Cambridge Analytica
Facebook fined pre-GDPR maximum of £500,000 by ICO over Cambridge Analytica

Facebook could have been fined £17m or four per cent of global turnover if the breach had occurred under GDPR

  • Security
  • 25 October 2018
DCMS committee slams Facebook over political adverts, disinformation and obfuscation
DCMS committee slams Facebook over political adverts, disinformation and obfuscation

'Serious failings in the company's operations' resulted in data manipulation, misinformation and disinformation, say MPs

  • Legislation and Regulation
  • 30 July 2018
Vote Leave found guilty of exceeding spending limit by Electoral Commission
Vote Leave found guilty of exceeding spending limit by Electoral Commission

Campaign worked with BeLeave and Veterans for Britain to funnel money to Aggregate IQ in contravention of electoral law

  • Legislation and Regulation
  • 17 July 2018
Ex-Cambridge Analytica employees spin out new company to scour your search history
Ex-Cambridge Analytica employees spin out new company to scour your search history

Auspex International investor says that Google history is more valuable than Facebook data

  • Management
  • 12 July 2018
ICO's maximum fine is a drop in the bucket for Facebook
ICO's maximum fine is a drop in the bucket for Facebook

Facebook will make the fine back in less than 20 minutes

  • Privacy
  • 11 July 2018
Acxiom sells marketing solutions business to IPG for $2.3bn
Acxiom sells marketing solutions business to IPG for $2.3bn

Aftermath of Facebook-Cambridge Analytica affair and GDPR starting to bite online advertisers?

  • Security
  • 03 July 2018
More Facebook commercial data sharing details emerge
More Facebook commercial data sharing details emerge

Commercial data sharing partnerships continued after rules were tightened in 2015

  • Privacy
  • 02 July 2018
Urgent action required to control murky funding, data misuse and misinformation says Electoral Commission
Urgent action required to control murky funding, data misuse and misinformation says Electoral Commission

Campaign materials should have a digital imprint, fines should be larger and social media firms need to do more, says hard-hitting report

  • Legislation and Regulation
  • 26 June 2018
Suspend Privacy Shield if the USA will not comply, say MEPs
Suspend Privacy Shield if the USA will not comply, say MEPs

Both Facebook and Cambridge Analytica were certified under the pact, Civil Liberties Committee points out

  • Privacy
  • 12 June 2018
Facebook/Cambridge Analytica 'the canary in the coalmine of a new Cold War', says whistleblower Wylie
Facebook/Cambridge Analytica 'the canary in the coalmine of a new Cold War', says whistleblower Wylie

Whistleblowers, journalists and the ICO addressed the European Parliament on Monday

  • Privacy
  • 05 June 2018
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