In a December, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) responded to Google’s decision to lift a prohibition on device fingerprinting (which involves collecting and combining information about a device’s software and hardware, for the purpose of identifying the device) for organisations using its advertising products, effective from 16 February 2025 (see an overview of
Continue Reading UK: Google’s U-Turn on Device Fingerprinting: ICO’s Response and Subsequent GuidanceOn 16 September 2024, the UK’s data protection authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), issued a reprimand against Sky Betting and Gaming (SkyBet) for unlawfully processing people’s data through advertising cookies without their consent.
Between 10 January and 3 March 2023, SkyBet’s website dropped third-party AdTech cookies to visitors’ browsers before
Continue Reading UK: Data protection authority issues reprimand to gambling operator for unlawfully processing personal dataAuthors: Jules Toynton, Coran Darling
Data is often the fuel that powers AI used by organisations. It tailors search parameters, spots behavioural trends, and predicts future possible outcomes (to highlight a just a few uses). In response, many of these organisations seek to accumulate and use as much data as possible, in order to
Continue Reading Keeping an ‘AI’ on your data: UK data regulator recommends lawful methods of using personal information and artificial intelligence
Authors: Ross McKean, Henry Pelling
On 24 October 2022, the ICO issued a penalty notice (MPN) to Interserve Group Limited (Interserve), imposing a fine of £4.4m for violations of the GDPR (the violations were pre-Brexit).
The ICO found that Interserve had failed to put appropriate technical and organisational measures in place to secure personal
Continue Reading UK: ICO issue fine of £4.4m to Interserve for security failings
