TikTok fined £12.7 million by UK watchdog for mishandling children’s data TikTok has been fined £12.7 million by a UK watchdog for mishandling children’s data. Evening Standard · Apr 4, 2023
UK watchdog warns chatbot developers over data protection laws Concerns have arisen over tech firms using masses of unfiltered personal data culled from the internet to ‘train’ generative AI The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2023
UK DPDI bill seeks to reform GDPR - here's what you need to know While it has the potential to save billions to the UK economy, civil societies warn the DPDI "will seriously weaken data protection rights in the UK." TechRadar · Mar 27, 2023
Police reject rules changes that would have kept names of suspects secret Crime reporters had warned the changes could usher in a “new chilling era of secret justice" Manchester Evening News · Mar 24, 2023
Do not expect privacy if charged with a crime, says police standards body College of Policing statement comes after ICO proposes forces across England and Wales no longer ‘should’ name those charged The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2023
London council ‘kept hundreds of people in dark by failing to reply to information requests’, ICO rules Enforcement action has been taken against Lewisham Council after it failed to respond to more than 300 Freedom of Information requests Evening Standard · Mar 22, 2023
HMRC lost nearly 50% more devices in 2022, nearly 2,000 missing since 2017 IT device losses at HMRC increased by nearly 50% in the space of a year, according to Freedom of Information Act (FOI) requests submitted in 2022. Statistics released under the FOI act show that between September 2021 and 2022, HMRC declared 635 lost and stolen devices. SEE MORE HMRC tells… IT Pro · Mar 17, 2023
Grammar school headteacher leaves after parents sent list of teachers going on strike Charlotte Jordan left King Edward VI Five Ways Grammar school in Birmingham after parents received a list of teachers going on strike and a data breach investigation was launched Daily Mirror · Mar 4, 2023
Warning to parents as YouTube accused of tracking children's viewing habits A campaigner filed a complaint against YouTube for allegedly gathering viewing data of children younger than 13. Daily Record · Mar 2, 2023
War of words erupts over Covid Whatsapp messages An extraordinary war of words has erupted over events at the centre of government during the Covid pandemic after more than 100,000 of Matt Hancock’s Whatsapp messages were leaked. The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2023
Man files complaint accusing YouTube of harvesting UK children’s data Duncan McCann’s complaint is first one alleging major tech firm has broken new code The Guardian - UK · Mar 1, 2023
Dad files complaint against YouTube for allegedly gathering data on children 'Imagine YouTube as an adult stranger following your child ‘online’ with a virtual clipboard recording everything they do' Wales Online · Mar 1, 2023
Nicola Bulley: What investigations have been launched and why? The 45-year-old’s body was recovered from the River Wye in Lancashire on Sunday. The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023
1 in 4 children’s apps on Google Play collecting personal data from kids Research found that many apps did not comply with the ICO code which sets out how UK data protection rules apply to children using digital services. The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023
Evening Standard · Feb 16, 2023 What is Cambridge Analytica? Group manipulated Nigerian election Previously known as SCL USA, Cambridge Analytica was a British political consulting firm that came to prominence through the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal.
Daily Mirror · Feb 16, 2023 £200,000 fine for firm that made three scam calls per minute for 11 months "They try to con you into thinking they are your washing machine insurers" - victim
The Guardian - UK · Feb 15, 2023 ‘Aims’: the software for hire that can control 30,000 fake online profiles Exclusive: Team Jorge disinformation unit controls vast army of avatars with fake profiles on Twitter, Facebook, Gmail, Instagram, Amazon and Airbnb
The Guardian - UK · Feb 11, 2023 Cabinet Office faced criminal probe over blocked Spycatcher documents Freedom of information watchdog’s investigation team called in after UK officials repeatedly refused access to government files
The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2023 Nadhim Zahawi ‘misled officials over David Cameron’s Greensill messages’ Tory chair said to have wrongly told investigators there was no communication with former PM
Bristol Post · Jan 20, 2023 Stoke Lodge row: Cotham School’s 'covert' CCTV cameras deemed 'unlawful' The school said it installed the cameras in a bid to deter vandals
The Independent UK · Dec 21, 2022 Information Commissioner denies data protection laws would ‘shackle’ media The proposed code was criticised by the editors of three national newspapers.
The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2022 Editors call on Government to exempt press from data protection laws Editors from the Daily Telegraph, The Times and Mail Newspapers have argued that a proposed journalism code would be ‘expensive and time consuming’.
Wales Online · Dec 9, 2022 Woman asked South Wales Police for information about her violent partner and the force told him The force was heavily criticised for the data breach - one of two criticisms from the Information Commissioner of the force
Wales Online · Dec 7, 2022 ‘Shameful’ companies fined for preying on over-60s with unlawful marketing calls The firms were “deliberately targeting” those people signed up with the Telephone Preference Service
The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2022 ‘Shameful’ companies fined for targeting over 60s with unlawful marketing calls The firms were ‘deliberately targeting’ those signed up with the Telephone Preference Service.