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Enforcement action was initiated by the Data Protection Commission against Second Telcom and Top 20 in respect of the sending of unsolicited marketing faxes   Topic: Data privacy Who: Second…

US body Privacy International accused Amazon.co.uk of breaking UK data protection laws by transferring to the US personal data held about its British customers   Topic: Data privacyWho: AmazocyWho: Amazon.co.uk…

Burger King’s recent launch of a loyalty card scheme for 10-16 year olds called BKBuzz has raised healthy eating pressure groups’ hackles, but what’s the position regarding processing of young…

As the UK’s Data Protection Commissioner announced a record rise in the number of complaints over the misuse of personal data held by third parties, there have been a number…

Following the coming into force of the Telecommunications (Data Protection and Privacy) Regulations 1999, Elizabeth France, Data Protection Commissioner, has issued the first enforcement notices requiring compliance with the Regs.…

The federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, approved in 1998, finally came into force across the USA by way of FTC rules introduced under the Act.   Topic: Data privacy…

Europe’s new data privacy legislation, designed to harmonise rules for gathering and keeping personal data, came into full force on March 1 2000.   Topic: Data privacyWho: European Union and…