Boris Johnson team accused of breaching data protection laws A minister and a former Conservative MP have asked the information watchdog to investigate whether Boris Johnson’s campaign to become party leader is breaching data protection laws. Harriet...
CNIL releases online marketing action plan After receiving various solicitations from the public as well as from online marketing sector professionals, the CNIL has elaborated an action plan for the year 2019-2020 in order to outline the applicable...
Facebook fined €1M over Cambridge Analytica scandal Italy’s privacy regulator fined Facebook €1 million Friday for violations connected to the Cambridge Analytica scandal — the largest fine against the social networking giant connected to that...
France Bans Judge Analytics In a startling intervention that seeks to limit the emerging litigation analytics and prediction sector, the French Government has banned the publication of statistical information about judges’ decisions – with a five...
Safaricom Sued For Alleged Data Breach of its 11.5 Million Customers Kenya’s leading telecommunications provider, Safaricom has been slapped with a huge lawsuit for allegedly violating data privacy of its consumers. This was filed at High Court last...
Dollars in the detail: banks pan for gold in ‘data lakes’ “We are now seeing some amazing uses of data in banking, and the reason is pretty simple: they know their clients better than anyone, they have a name and address, information...