One month on, establishing user consent for tracking technologies is proving difficult for the online ad industry to master
The SEC's investigation into Facebook's data policies joins those of the FBI, the FTC and the Justice Department
Banks, tech giants and adtech firms are amongst those hit by the new data privacy law
A mammoth document provided to Congress is the latest fallout from the Cambridge Analytica scandal
The internet giants' new privacy controls don't obtain the explicit, informed consent required by European law, consumer groups claim
The voice identification programme has collected more than 5 million citizens' voiceprints to date
An officer failed to activate the 'BCC' function in a bulk email, landing the force a £80,000 penalty
The GDPR is the 'first time' legislation has forced ICANN to make changes, the internet governance body says
Advertisers must now tell users when they've been targeted using information from a third-party data broker
The German operator of a fan page on Facebook must take its share of responsibility for the collection of user…
Certain well known American news websites temporarily unavailable in Europe as GDPR rules kick in
Financial organisations must work with authorities to revamp banking regulations, study finds
Hackers penetrated an unsecured microsite that had been left online for more than 10 years, stealing sensitive data and posting…
The unencrypted discs, containing sensitive video interviews, went missing in the publicly accessible area of a CPS office in Brighton
The US-based domain name coordinator has acknowledged it will not be able to obtain an official exemption from EU data…
Facebook reveals it tracked users with more than 10 million social plug-ins on third-party sites
The surveillance agency obtained 534 million call and text records last year
Defunct company covered up its use of valuable predictive models drawn from Facebook information, claims report
The consultancy said negative publicity has made it impossible to continue doing business
Case is referred 'immediately' to the European Court of Justice
Less than a month before GDPR, majority of UK businesses remain unaware of data processing law
Publishers say Google's new ad rules claim 'broad rights' over the data they collect, while leaving them exposed to data…
A ruling by the European Court of Justice could disrupt transatlantic data transfers for thousands of companies
With one month to go, a meeting with EU data protection agencies has only led to more negotiations
A trip to Europe would show 'respect' as the Cambridge Analytica data scandal continues
RSA 2018: Attackers can steal data from iPhones over Wi-Fi by abusing a sync feature built into iTunes
Social media also contributed to a sharp rise in young people taking part in money laundering scams
The social network is using the GDPR's introduction as the occasion to try its luck a second time with the…
Interview transcripts indicate Leave.EU benefited from Cambridge Analytica's work, parliamentary committee says
The internet supervisory body says it will continue to press for a moratorium on GDPR enforcement while it works to…