The UK’s hopes of retaining an influential role for its data protection agency in shaping European Union regulations post-Brexit — including helping to set any new Europe-wide rules around artificial intelligence — look well and truly dashed. In a speech at the weekend in front of the International Federation for European Law, the EU’s chief […]
View More Brexit blow for UK’s hopes of helping set AI rules in EuropeCategory: Elizabeth Denham
Brexit data transfer gaps a risk for UK startups, MPs told
The uncertainty facing digital businesses as a result of Brexit was front and center during a committee session in the UK parliament today, with experts including the UK’s information commissioner responding to MPs’ questions about how and even whether data will continue to flow between the UK and the European Union once the country has […]
View More Brexit data transfer gaps a risk for UK startups, MPs toldUK watchdog orders Cambridge Analytica to give up data in US voter test case
Another big development in the personal data misuse saga attached to the controversial Trump campaign-linked UK-based political consultancy, Cambridge Analytica — which could lead to fresh light being shed on how the company and its multiple affiliates acquired and processed US citizens’ personal data to build profiles on millions of voters for political targeting purposes. The […]
View More UK watchdog orders Cambridge Analytica to give up data in US voter test caseAustralia latest to open probe into Facebook data scandal
Australia’s privacy watchdog has opened an investigation into Facebook in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica data misuse scandal. Yesterday Facebook revealed that more users than previously thought could have had their personal information passed to the company back in 2014 — saying as many as 87 million Facebook users could have had their data “improperly […]
View More Australia latest to open probe into Facebook data scandalCambridge Analytica raided by UK data watchdog
The UK’s data watchdog, the ICO, finally obtained a warrant to enter and search the offices of Cambridge Analytica late Friday — carrying out an evidence gathering sweep of the company into the small hours of Saturday morning. Cambridge Analytica is at the centre of a data misuse storm that’s wiped billions off the value […]
View More Cambridge Analytica raided by UK data watchdogUK data watchdog still waiting for warrant to raid Cambridge Analytica
The UK’s data watchdog, the Information Commission’s Office (ICO), has still not obtained a warrant to enter and search the servers of the London-based political consultancy, Cambridge Analytica — the company at the center of the data misuse scandal engulfing Facebook — three days on from beginning the process. The earliest a warrant could now […]
View More UK data watchdog still waiting for warrant to raid Cambridge AnalyticaUK watchdog wants disclosure rules for political ads on social media
The UK’s data protection agency will push for increased transparency into how personal data flows between digital platforms to ensure people being targeted for political advertising are able to understand why and how it is happening. Read More