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data breach

May 2023 | Claire Saunders

TikTok fined by the ICO

Last month the ICO issued a fine of £12.5 million to TikTok.

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April 2023 | Claire Saunders

What’s new with Meta?

In January 2023, after a significant and turbulent investigation, the Irish Data Protection Commission (Irish DPC) fined Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd. (Meta Ireland) €390m (£340m) for its activities in...

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April 2023 | Claire Saunders

Experian v the ICO

The recent decision of the First Tier Tribunal (Information Rights) (the Tribunal) has addressed several interesting points of general application in relation to using legitimate interests as a basis for...

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March 2023 | Jenai Nissim

Question of the month – What does the new ICO guidance on marketing by electronic mail tell us?

Let us help you navigate direct marketing by electronic mail.

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Targeted Marketing

March 2023 | Alison Deighton

New ICO direct marketing guidance

The ICO has created a new hub for direct marketing which has several pieces of guidance as well as FAQs and checklists to assist organisations with direct marketing.

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Data breach

December 2022 | Hulya Erzurumlu

ICO announces intention to fine TikTok regarding the processing of Children’s data

ICO intends to fine TikTok for its failure to protect the privacy and data of children using the platform.

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