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£100,000 fine for sending “marketing” text messages when consent has been withdrawn

Written by Chloe Deng on 25 Oct 2019

Who: Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and EE Limited (EE) Where: UK When: June 2019 Law stated as at: 7 October 2019 What happened: EE sends text messages to its existing…
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Cookie Monster – ICO publishes guidance to remind advertisers how cookies should be used

Written by TK Spiff on 30 Aug 2019

Who: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) Where: United Kingdom When: 3 July 2019 Law stated as at: 1 August 2019 What happened: Advertisers and brands will now have to seek…
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Third party GDPR assurances are no defence: ICO issues fine for calling TPS registered lines

Written by James Robertson on 04 Jul 2019

Who: Information Commissioner’s Office, Telephone Preference Service and Smart Home Protection Ltd Where: United Kingdom When: 13 June 2019 Law stated as at: 21 June 2019 What happened: A small…
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Somebody PLEASE think of the children: ICO launches consultation period of age appropriate design code

Written by John Jackson on 04 Jul 2019

Who: The ICO and information society service providers. Where: United Kingdom When: 15 April 2019 Law stated as at: 1 May 2019 What happened: The Information Commissioner, as required by…
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Bounty (data) hunters

Written by Emma Finlayson on 04 Jul 2019

Who: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and Bounty (UK) Limited (Bounty) Where: United Kingdom When: 12 April 2019 Law stated as at: 1 May 2019 What happened: Bounty, a pregnancy…
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Advocate General opinion in Planet49 indicates that cookie consent must be active and separate in an online lottery

Written by Daisy Jones on 04 Jul 2019

Who: Advocate General Szpunar (the AG), Planet49 GmbH (Planet49) Where: EU When: 21 March 2019 Law stated as at: 30 April 2019 What happened: This German case, which was referred…
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EDPB opines on the interplay between GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive

Written by Chloe Deng on 26 Apr 2019

Who: European Data Protection Board (EDPB) Where: European Union When: 12 March 2018 Law stated as at: 15 April 2019 What happened In response to a request from the Belgian…
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Taking the MAC: Burger King takes advantage of McDonalds’s trademark loss

Written by Ben Dunham on 25 Mar 2019

Who: McDonald’s International Property Company Ltd (McDonald’s); Supermac’s (Holdings) Ltd (Supermac’s); Burger King. Where: UK/Ireland/EU When: 1 February 2019 Law stated as at: 14 March 2019 What happened: Burger King…
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Revolut Ad passed to FCA

Written by Verity Raeside on 25 Mar 2019

Who: Revolut Ltd (Revolut), the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) Where: UK When: 8 February 2019 Law stated as at: 5 March 2019 What happened:…
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CNIL provides guidance on data sharing with third parties for marketing purposes

Written by Claire Bouchenard on 18 Mar 2019

Who: French Data Protection Supervisory Authority (CNIL). Where: France When: 28 December 2018 Law stated at: 22 February 2019 What happened: On 28 December 2018, the French Data Supervisory Authority…
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Who you gonna nuisance call? No-one!

Written by James Salisbury on 10 Dec 2018

Who: Company directors and the ICO Where: United Kingdom When: From 17 December 2018 Law stated as at: 6 December 2018 What happened: Amendments to the Privacy and Electronic Communications…
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Updated direct marketing guidance from the ICO?

Written by Daisy Jones on 10 Dec 2018

Who: Information Commissioner’s Office (the “ICO”) Where: UK When: 12 November 2018 Law stated as at: 26 November 2018 What happened: On 12 November 2018, the ICO issued its consultation…
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All Articles in Privacy

Cookie Monster – ICO publishes guidance to remind advertisers how cookies should be used

Third party GDPR assurances are no defence: ICO issues fine for calling TPS registered lines

Somebody PLEASE think of the children: ICO launches consultation period of age appropriate design code

Bounty (data) hunters

Advocate General opinion in Planet49 indicates that cookie consent must be active and separate in an online lottery

EDPB opines on the interplay between GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive

Taking the MAC: Burger King takes advantage of McDonalds’s trademark loss

Revolut Ad passed to FCA

CNIL provides guidance on data sharing with third parties for marketing purposes

Who you gonna nuisance call? No-one!

Updated direct marketing guidance from the ICO?

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