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UK Tribunal Rules on Direct Marketing ICO Case Against Experian

Hunton Privacy

In issuing the Substituted Decision Notice, the Tribunal stated that it “must stand in the shoes of the Information Commissioner and ask whether the Information Commissioner should have exercised her discretion differently.”

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 29 January – 4 February 2024

IT Governance

million Gumtree user records allegedly for sale A user database from the classified advertising platform Gumtree has allegedly been offered for sale on a hacking forum. At the time of writing, it’s unclear whether this is related to a 2023 data breach suffered by the company, as discussed by Have I Been Pwned’s Troy Hunt last March.