'The Commission is not serious about it; the member states are not serious about and activists aren't serious about it either' says Johnny Ryan of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties during a roundtable debate
Claim would be the largest group action personal data claim in UK history
Watchdog lacks teeth: 68 per cent of fines issued since January 2019 haven't been paid
Fine reduced from initial figure of £183 million because of the pandemic, ICO says
The government skipped essential data privacy impact assessments in its rush to get the system up and running
As authorities seek technological solutions to the pandemic, experts fear the consequences for civil liberties
Beware bad policy made in haste because of coronavirus, say campaigners
Google's consent mechanism for sharing personal data is deliberately obtuse. This needs to change if it is not to hemorrhage trust, argues lawyer Carolyn Bertin