Feb 27, 2023 Road blocks to Roblox? New data protection guidance for game developers By Cliodhna Ni Ghadhra Rosie Duckworth Last week, the Information Commissioner’s Office (the ICO) published new guidance for video game developers on protecting children. This...
May 21, 2021 CMA and ICO publish joint policy statement on competition and data protection law By Sophie Chesterton The Competition and Markets Authority and the Information Commissioner’s Office yesterday released a joint policy statement on...
Feb 17, 2021 Targeting the ad industry: will the Digital Services Act spell the end for targeted advertising? By Macfarlanes On 10 February 2021, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) published two opinions on the Commission’s proposals for the Digital...
Nov 02, 2020 The ICO strikes again: Marriott fined for GDPR breaches By Macfarlanes International hotel operator Marriott International, Inc. has been fined £18.4m by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for...
Oct 16, 2020 British Airways fined £20m for GDPR violation By Macfarlanes The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined British Airways (BA) £20m for failing to protect the personal and financial details...
Jul 04, 2018 Is data privacy cutting Europe off from the rest of the world? By Macfarlanes Calls for the suspension of the US-EU Privacy Shield regime have reached new volumes with the Civil Liberties Committee stating that the...
Jan 25, 2018 GDPR - guidance from the EU with 120 days to go... By Matthew Ramsey Many organisations have data protection as their key compliance project for 2018 - the General Data Protection Regulation comes into...