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Benefitting whom? An overview of companies profiting from “digital welfare”

Could private companies be the only ones really profitting from digital welfare? This overview looks at the big players.

ICO takes enforcement action against Experian after PI complaint

27 Oct 2020

After a two year investigation into credit referencing agencies (CRAs) Experian, Equifax and TransUnion - initiated in part pursuant to a complaint filed by PI against Equifax and Experian in November 2018 - the ICO has published a report finding "widespread and systemic data protection failings" in

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Q&A on UK regulator's action on data brokers

The UK data protection regulator took action against three credit reference agencies. Here we explain why it's important and what's next.

News & Analysis

UK data regulator takes enforcement action to rein in data brokers' use of people's personal data

In a landmark decision that shines a light on widespread data protecton failings by the entire data broker industry, the ICO has today taken enforcement action against Experian, based in part on a complaint PI made in 2018.

Explainer

7+1 tips on how to make the most out of your DSAR

Here are a few suggested tips, based on our own experience with Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs). This is based on DSARs under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), but we hope our tips may be useful in other jurisdictions too.

Long Read

2020: A Facebook user's Odyssey?

Join us on a journey to try to solve the mystery behind the advertisers who have uploaded our personal data to Facebook but with whom we've never interacted with before.

Report

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What do Led Zeppelin, Cisco and Dr Oetker have in common? Facebook says they share our data with them

A PI investigation into advertisers we had never heard of who upload our personal data on Facebook to target us.

Data scoring in UK councils lacks consistency or oversight

In a November 2018 report based on a year's study of the use of data scores, Data Justice Lab provided a comprehensive look at the use of data-driven citizen scoring in government, particularly focusing on six case studies drawn from local councils in the UK. The report noted there is no systematic