Data Protection Act
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This increasingly digital world poses significant challenges for governments to regulate the internet
Information Commissioner urges people to share data to protect at-risk children
The UK’s data regulator has issued new guidance reassuring firms and workers they will not fall foul of data laws by raising concerns about children.
Period and fertility tracking apps scrutinised over data security concerns
The Information Commissioner’s Office has launched a review after new figures showed many women had concerns over security within such apps.
Gambling Commission seeks to reassure MPs over punter postcode checks
The heads of the industry regulator appeared in front of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee as part of its inquiry into gambling regulation.
Police believe lost body-worn video footage has been deleted, not hacked
South Yorkshire Police are ‘deeply sorry’ after camera footage gathered over nearly three years was lost in the latest police data incident.
Force ‘deeply sorry’ after body-worn footage lost in latest police data concern
South Yorkshire Police said footage in about 69 cases, spanning a period of nearly three years, has been lost from its systems.
Crime victims’ data revealed by two police forces in FoI responses
It is the latest data breach involving police responses to FoI requests.
Father files complaint against YouTube over alleged data gathering on children
It is said to be the first complaint against a major tech firm for allegedly breaching the ‘age-appropriate design code’.
Irish data watchdog fines Meta Ireland 390m euro
A disagreement has also erupted between the regulator and that of the EU over whether further investigation is needed.
Department for Education reprimanded over ‘woeful’ betting firms data breach
The Information Commissioner’s Office said the DfE had allowed gambling firms access to a database of children’s learning records.