Britain's Ministry of Defence fined £350K over Afghan interpreter BCC email blunder
theregister.com/2023/12/13/mod_bcc_email_fine/
Bournemouth home improvement company made illegal calls: A BOURNEMOUTH home improvement company has been slapped with a hefty fine after bombarding residents ...
bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/24052210.bournemouth-home-improvement-company-made-illegal-calls/
UK data watchdog fines three text spammers for flouting electronic marketing rules
theregister.com/2023/11/03/ico_text_spam_fines/
Snap might have to withdraw its AI chatbot, watchdog says: The UK's data watchdog has raised concerns the My AI tool may be a risk to children’s privacy.
bbc.com/news/technology-67027282
Menacing marketeers fined by ICO for 1.9M cold calls: Five businesses facing half a million in collective penalties for illegally phoning folk registered with ...
theregister.com/2023/09/21/ico_fines_another_bad_bunch/
UK regulator says Snap’s AI chatbot may put kids’ privacy at risk: A UK regulator has suggested Snap failed to pinpoint and assess privacy risks posed by My AI ...
engadget.com/uk-regulator-says-snaps-ai-chatbot-may-put-kids-privacy-at-risk-145413931.html
Period trackers to be reviewed over data concerns: Many women are worried about the information they share, the regulator says.
bbc.com/news/technology-66740184
Snapchat Faces UK Ban Threat as Regulators Slam 'My AI' for Child Privacy Risks
techtimes.com/articles/297253/20231006/snapchat-faces-uk-ban-threat-regulators-slam-ai-child-privacy.htm
Quick Glance: Actors' Union Criticizes Hollywood Studios' 'Double Standard' in AI Usage
- TV and film studios should obtain explicit consent, give fair compensation, and credit actors when using their likeness for training generative AI systems.
- The SAG-AFTRA union argued this week to the US federal government that there is a 'double standard' in the relationship between actors and corporations regarding copyright infringement.
- Actors are concerned about studios cloning their faces, bodies, or voices to automatically create new content.
- The union is advocating for higher wages, better working conditions, and protections against AI encroaching on actors' livelihoods.
Cumbrian cops accidentally publish all of its officers' details online: Names, job titles and salaries included in unwitting leak
theregister.com/2023/08/14/cumbrian_police_accidentally_published_officer_details_online/
Exclusive: Snapchat under scrutiny from UK watchdog over underage users: Britain's data regulator is gathering information on Snapchat to establish whether the U ...
reuters.com/technology/snapchat-under-scrutiny-uk-watchdog-over-underage-users-sources-2023-08-08/
Customers Face Unwanted Romantic Messages After Sharing Info with Businesses: This revelation underscores the need for increased awareness and action ...
techtimes.com/articles/295391/20230821/customers-face-unwanted-romantic-messages-after-sharing-info-businesses.htm
Brit healthcare body rapped for WhatsApp chat sharing patient data: Time for a proper secure clinical image transfer system, perhaps?
theregister.com/2023/08/03/nhs_ico_warning/
ICO Partners' Fanny Moreaux talked how fanart, cosplay and creative partnerships could help boost a game's marketing success at Develop: Brighton 2023 ... Show more #DevelopBrighton #IcoPartners #CreativePartnerships #PocketGamer buff.ly/3pIitHu
Brit data watchdog fines sleazy sales ops £250K for 'bombarding' folk with calls: Crown Glazing and Maxen Power Supply fall foul of PECR
theregister.com/2023/06/09/ico_cold_call_fines/
Marketing biz sent 107 million spam emails... to just 437k people: Recruitment company fined £130,000 by data regulator for breaking PECR
theregister.com/2023/04/17/ico_spam_email_fine/
Ministry of Justice rapped by ICO for old fashioned data leak: Forget AWS buckets, bags of medical and personal info on inmates and their guards left in ...
theregister.com/2023/05/25/moj_old_fashioned_data_leak_in_prison/
Brit cops rapped over app that recorded 200k phone calls: Officers didn't know software was saving personal data and neither did people on other end
theregister.com/2023/04/18/ico_surrey_sussex_police/
Feature: ICO At 21 - Remembering Fumito Ueda's Seminal PS2 Classic: ICOnic
pushsquare.com/features/ico-at-21-remembering-fumito-uedas-seminal-ps2-classic
NHS Highland 'reprimanded' by data watchdog for BCC blunder with HIV patients: 'Serious breach of trust' says ICO, 'stakes too high' for mistakes ...
theregister.com/2023/03/31/nhs_highland_reprimanded_by_data/
Want to delete your Twitter DMs? Good luck with that: People make requests to delete their private messages, but Twitter ignores them.
wired.com/story/delete-twitter-dms-gdpr/
How ‘The Last of Us’ changed gaming and became an HBO show: We trace the history of Naughty Dog's pop culture phenomenon, from the video game's 2013 debut to its ...
latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-01-15/the-last-of-us-hbo-tv-show-video-game-history-neil-druckmann
Consumers to ditch cafes for coffee at home amid rising prices, says ICO: Consumers will choose drinking coffee at home over cafes and restaurants due to rising ...
reuters.com/world/americas/consumers-ditch-cafes-coffee-home-amid-rising-prices-says-ico-2022-10-07/
TikTok may be fined £27m for failing to protect children: The video-sharing platform has been issued with a final notice of intent by the UK's data watchdog.
bbc.com/news/technology-63033263
UK may fine TikTok $29 million for failing to protect children's privacy: Britain could fine TikTok 27 million pounds ($28.91 million) following an investigation ...
reuters.com/world/uk/uk-could-fine-tiktok-29-mln-failing-protect-childrens-privacy-2022-09-26/
Halfords slapped on wrist for breaching email marketing laws: Bike and car accessory slinger fined £30,000 for hitting send on more than 499k unsolicited emails
theregister.com/2022/09/08/halfords_ico_email_breach_pecr_fine/
The Children’s Code: What we’ve learned one year on: The Age Appropriate Design Code (more commonly referred to as the Children’s Code) is a binding code ...
gamesindustry.biz/the-childrens-code-what-weve-learned-one-year-on
UK Investigates Four Giant Tech Firms : Possible U.K. enforcement orders may be implemented against four tech firms. Here's what ICO revealed in its ...
techtimes.com/articles/280035/20220902/possible-uk-enforcement-orders-against-four-tech-firms-implemented-heres.htm
Data watchdog reprimands government over pandemic WhatsApp use: There was a risk information on the handling of the pandemic could have been lost, a report says.
bbc.com/news/technology-62124094
Quick Glance: Mo Farah claims he has been living a deception and that his real name is not Mo Farah.
- In the BBC documentary The Real Mo Farah, the 39-year-old father-of-four stated, "Most people know me as Mo Farah but its not my name or it's not the reality."
- "Family means everything to me and you know, as a parent, you always teach your kids to be honest, but I feel like I've always had that private thing where I could never be me and tell what's really happened," he explained.
- "That's the main reason in telling my story because I want to feel normal and... don't feel like you're holding on to something."
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