30 Jul, 2019 Advertisers will pay a premium for genuine traffic, but they still can't listen! By Stephen Sumner As ad fraud continues to rise advertisers are constantly scratching around to find ways to ensure that the traffic that get reported is...
26 Jul, 2019 Business Takeaways from the FTC $5 Billion Settlement with Facebook By Daniel Goldberg On July 24, 2019, the FTC announced a $5 billion settlement with Facebook to address Facebook’s alleged violations of the FTC Act and its...
25 Jul, 2019 Who's next? By Passle Group In all the buzz about the British Airways fine it has a lot of businesses asking - who's next? Well Simon McDougall, the Executive...
17 Jul, 2019 Porn studios' "shakedown" rejected by court By Oliver Fairhurst Should the court force Virgin Media to disclose the names and addresses of tens of thousands of residential broadband subscribers who are...
17 Jul, 2019 La Liga fined for data foul, but was it worth it? By Katie Osborne A lot of you will be aware that La Liga, organisers of the two Spanish professional football leagues, was fined €250k by the Spanish data...
16 Jul, 2019 Don't be in the 1% By Passle Group The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has published its annual report into what the Commissioner describes as an "unprecedented...
16 Jul, 2019 Portuguese Law implementing GDPR finally approved By Ricardo Henriques Jose Maria Alves Pereria On the 14th of June 2019 (one year later than expected) Portugal finally approved Draft Law no. 120/XIII/3.ª (GOV), implementing the (EU)...
15 Jul, 2019 Adtech (part 2) - the ICO says "I see you" By Passle Group Following my last post on the data protection challenges associated with adtech, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) announced...
10 Jul, 2019 Marriott hit with fine of almost £100m - the price for a guest data breach By Passle Group As ever, Rob Lands and Mark Stephens are ahead of the curve. At our Early Check-In hotel breakfast seminar on 20 June 2019, the panel of...
10 Jul, 2019 Soaring heights: British Airways expected to be hit with record-breaking £183m data protection fine By Passle Group In the past few days, the Information Commissioner's Office has announced its intention to fine British Airways a whopping £183.39...
08 Jul, 2019 Can you afford to ignore data security? By Passle Group It emerged in the news today that the ICO intends to fine British Airways £183m for a breach of its security systems where hundreds of...
08 Jul, 2019 GDPR breach - £183m fine for British Airways By Passle Group It's what we've all been waiting for ... the Information Commissioner's first penalty since GDPR came into force last year. And it's...
08 Jul, 2019 £183 million GDPR slap for British Airways. By Stephen Sumner I read with some interest that 'British Airways' (BA) have been handed a hefty fine from the 'Information Commissioners Office' (ICO) for...