Latest about Data Controller
LinkedIn denies data breach that reportedly exposed 700 million user records
News Report claims 'breach' led to profiles belonging to 92% of LinkedIn users being put up for sale on a popular hacker forum
Privacy campaigners rally against "illegal" Clearview AI data scraping
News The notorious facial recognition firm claims to have a database of more than three billion images scraped from social media sites
Germany bans Facebook from using WhatsApp data over GDPR concerns
News Hamburg's data protection commissioner issues three-month ban days before the app's new privacy policy rolls out
Facebook faces 'mass action' lawsuit over data breach
News Digital Rights Ireland is urging European Facebook users who have been affected to sign up
Irish data watchdog to investigate Facebook data leak
News The regulator believes that Facebook may have infringed ‘one or more’ GDPR provisions following apparent leak of 533 million user records
What is the Data Protection Act 1998?
In-depth Although data protection regulations have been updated, businesses may still find themselves sanctioned under the Data Protection Act 1998
EU might force tech giants to share data with smaller rivals
News The Digital Services Act draft also suggests that firms may be banned from giving their own services preferential treatment
UK signs 'historic' data deal with Japan
News The provisional agreement contains digital and data provisions that go far beyond the deal signed between Japan and the EU, gov claims
