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  • January 24, 2025 24 Jan'25

    High Court: Sky Betting ‘parasitic’ in targeting problem gambler

    UK High Court rules that Sky Betting acted unlawfully after breaching a customer’s data protection rights when it obtained his personal data through cookies and used it to profile him for the purposes of direct marketing, despite his ‘impaired’ ...

  • January 23, 2025 23 Jan'25

    ICO launches major review of cookies on UK websites

    ICO sets out 2025 goals, including a review of cookie compliance across the UK’s top 1,000 websites, as it seeks to achieve its ultimate goal of giving the public meaningful control over how their data is used

  • January 22, 2025 22 Jan'25

    Privacy professionals expect budget cuts, lack confidence

    Over 50% of privacy professionals in Europe expect to see less money earmarked for data security initiatives in 2025, and many don’t have faith their organisations are taking the issue seriously, according to an ISACA report

  • January 22, 2025 22 Jan'25

    Funksec gang turned up ransomware heat in December

    The criminal ransomware fraternity was hard at work over the festive period, with attack volumes rising and a new threat actor emerging on the scene