That's how much companies in the UK have been fined over the past 12 months for data breaches and contraventions of data protection law. Sounds like a lot - or maybe it doesn't, given how frequently data breaches are in the news. There's a reason for that. Of the £21.5m, 76% is one fine. Not … Continue reading £21,474,000.00
Finally, we begin to see some enforcement of the Regulation we all worked so hard to be ready for by May. The ICO has sent an enforcement notice to - of all people - a Canadian data firm linked to the Brexit vote micro-targeting scandal. The regulator contends that AggregateIQ obtained and processed data without … Continue reading Boom! It begins. ICO posts first GDPR enforcement notice.
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Here's why: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-30/google-and-mastercard-cut-a-secret-ad-deal-to-track-retail-sales Short version - if you buy something in a US store with your Mastercard, they tell Google about it. Google then reconciles your purchase with your advertising exposure while logged in with a Google account, and sends a report to advertisers to show how on-line ads drive offline sales. This is, of course, … Continue reading Why do we need data protection laws?
For those of you who don’t know, Article 14 of the GDPR says that if you obtain data about someone, and you didn’t get it directly from them, you have to tell them that you have it, and what you’re doing with it. In the lead up to the May 25th GDPR launch date, this … Continue reading Article 14 – what was that all about, then?
Here's another thing people are getting wrong. Just because your data isn't stored inside the EEA - wait, you thought it had to be inside the EU? wrong! - doesn't mean you should panic and repatriate it. What you need to do is check whether wherever you've put it has an adequacy decision. A what? … Continue reading Where’s your data? (Second reprise)
[Link updated as the ICO has moved its blog] On the 25th of April, I wrote GDPR: you're all getting it wrong. On the 9th of May, Steve Wood (the Deputy Commissioner) wrote this: https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-and-events/news-and-blogs/2018/05/blog-raising-the-bar-consent-under-gdpr/ See? I may be a voice in the wilderness, but I'm not (always) wrong.
