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After a lengthy investigation, the Italian Data Protection Authority has fined leading retailer GS € 54.000,00 over its use of data collected from loyalty card scheme members for various marketing-related…

It’s that time of year, and ICO has once again published its annual review. What data privacy insights does the review offer the interested marketer? Well, it reveals that people…

The Walport data sharing review has now been published, but what does this mean for marketers and what’s all this nonsense about local authorities no longer selling electoral register data?…

Have you heard the one about the Spanish data protection regulator, the 1,911 year old child and the €270,000 fine? No? Phil Lee tells a sorry tale of financial services,…

ICO has long been pushing for the power to lock up non-compliant data controllers. This seemed about to happen under the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill, but when the Bill…

UK advertising and marketing laws have just undergone the biggest shake-up ever with the arrival of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008. But could these extend even further…

Phorm has reportedly created the world’s first “privacy-friendly” behavioural marketing platform, something which is hotly disputed by privacy lobbyists pushing for Phorm to be criminalised. Now the Information Commissioner has…

The Information Commissioner’s Office decreed that a list of delegates attending a conference was “personal data” and therefore protected by the Data Protection Act. But the case went to appeal.…

In January2008 Royal Decree 1720/2007 made changes to Spain’s data protection laws. One area covered is when a provider of marketing services can and cannot hide behind its client and…

Following recent high profile mislayings of customer data, James Mullock and other members of Osborne Clarke’s Data Protection and Privacy Team focus on some of the principal points to bear…

While the European Commission moves ever closer to designating all computer users’ IP addresses “personal data”, the US has as ever gone its own way in responding to consumer concerns…