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There were concerns that reforms could damage privacy and undo the GDPR. Instead, it appears that the government wants to rebuild problem areas while maintaining personal protections

Many users agree to cookies simply to get around pop-ups: the opposite of meaningful or informed consent

Breaching the code could see companies face similar fines to a GDPR breach

And education is the hardest hit sector

Bank's ex-employee claims she has highly sensitive details of 1,600 customers, but bank is not taking it back

Internal emails containing sensitive data were accessible on the internet

Awareness of the importance of data is rising: three-quarters of respondents said an organisation should be held responsible if they lose user data

The incidents include patients' records being modified without consent, and the NHS sending private details to the wrong recipient

Past investigations into the application of live facial recognition tech have found problems in all cases.

CMA to work with Google on removing third-party browser cookies and other functionalities from Chrome