GDPR: Data breach complaints up 160% since new digital privacy rules
Data breach complaints have risen 160% since GDPR came into force, according to new figures.
Data breach complaints have risen 160% since GDPR came into force, according to new figures.
Another personality quiz app designed to harvest personal data from respondents, has been banned by Facebook, following the Cambridge Analytica scandal earlier this year.
Nearly 2 in 5 (38%) of marketers admit to having delivered an advert on a harmful or unsafe web page, according to new research.
Facebook has begun assigning users a reputation score, designed to predict how trustworthy they are, as the social network looks to fight the spread of fake news.
Figures show a 5% drop in the first six months of 2018 compared to the previous year, but plastic cards and online retail accounts have seen increases, according to new research.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating celebrities and social media influencers for failing to disclose brand deals, as influencer marketing becomes a more popular way of brands reaching audiences.
Google Maps services on Android and iPhone devices store records of a user’s location even after they have enabled privacy settings that claim to halt the practice, according to a new report.
Amazon is to be told to stop claiming its Prime service guarantees next-day delivery by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), according to a news report.
Mars has removed all advertising from YouTube after the confectionery firm’s ads appeared alongside drill music videos on the streaming platform, which have been linked to violent crime in London.
Online media giants including Google and Facebook are to restrict content from Alex Jones, a right wing political pundit, and his blog Infowars, for breaching their guidelines in a move against “hate content”.
Google is reportedly working on a censored version of its search engine in a bid to get round its ban in China.
The targeted campaign adverts used by the Leave campaign in the Brexit referendum have been revealed by Facebook.
The IAB Europe Using Data Effectively in Programmatic White Paper (first published in November 2016) has been updated to reflect the changing nature of the European data landscape.
Facebook has suspended analytics firm Crimson Hexagon amid apparent concerns it may have carried out wide-spread surveillance of users.
Google has been fined €4.34bn (£3.8bn) by the EU for abusing its control of the Android operating system by forcing vendors to pre-install its apps.
Only 28% of London startups plan to relocate outside of the country as a consequence of Brexit, with the majority believing they are in a better position than large firms to deal with leaving the EU, according to new research.
Following the news that Twitter has purged millions of fake accounts, Socialbakers has released data showing the accounts who have lost the most followers, and the greatest share of followers, on the platform since the purge took place.
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Facebook is to be fined with the maximum £500,000 ($663,000) fine over data protection breaches related to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
MEPs in the European Parliament have voted to reject EU copyright law changes, backed by Sir Paul McCartney and other high-profile musicians.