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AI facial recognition oversight lagging far behind technology, watchdogs warn

Exclusive: Biometrics commissioners say face-scanning not as effective as claimed and new laws needed to regulate use

The Guardian - UK

Guilty until proven innocent: shoppers falsely identified by facial recognition system struggle to clear their names

People shamed and ordered to leave shops after being misidentified then ‘given no help’ to investigate verdicts

The Guardian - UK

UK information commissioner steps back amid workplace investigation

John Edwards says he is fully cooperating with ICO’s independent inquiry into ‘HR matters’

The Guardian - UK

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Treat online privacy like stranger danger, regulator warns parents

Some 35% of parents believe their child would ‘share personal information in exchange for game tokens or rewards’, according to an ICO survey.

Evening Standard

UK regulators explain what 'highly effective' age assurance for the Online Safety Act actually means

Well, kind of. It still seems a little vague, to be honest.

PC Gamer

Essex police pause facial recognition cameras amid racial bias findings

Essex Police have halted their live facial recognition technology following a report highlighting racial bias concerns

Evening Standard

Essex police pause facial recognition camera use after study finds racial bias

Academics discover black people ‘significantly more likely’ to be identified when compared with other ethnic groups

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Reform UK may breach data laws with free energy bills competition

Experts say Nigel Farage’s party is not being transparent about how it will use data it collects on people’s voting habits

The Guardian - UK

Watchdogs call on big tech to ‘urgently’ do more to protect children online

The regulators accused tech platforms of ‘failing to put children’s safety at the heart of their products’

The Independent UK

UK data watchdog writes to Meta over ‘concerning’ claims intimate footage filmed on smart glasses viewed by outsourced workers

Outsourced workers who are training the glasses’ AI claim they have been asked to watch videos of people having sex or on the toilet, it has been reported

The Independent UK

Reddit fined nearly $20 million by UK online privacy regulator for 'using children’s data unlawfully, potentially exposing them to inappropriate and harmful content'

Reddit denies wrongdoing and says it will appeal.

PC Gamer

Reddit fined £14.5m in UK over use of under-13s’ data

Information Commissioner’s Office imposes largest fine yet for a breach of children’s privacy

The Guardian - UK

Reddit slapped with €16 million fine in UK for failing to protect children's privacy

"Children under 13 had their personal information collected and used in ways they could not understand, consent to or control," said John Edwards, UK Information Commissioner.

Euronews

Reddit hit with £14m fine after children’s privacy failures

Watchdog says platform failed to properly protect personal information of younger users

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

UK data watchdog fines Reddit £14m for failing to protect child users

The Information Commissioner’s Office’s investigation found Reddit had failed to check the age of users on its platform, which put children at risk.

The Guardian - UK

Lloyds investigating after using staff’s bank account data in pay talks

CEO Charlie Nunn tells employees that issue ‘created some concern’ but insisted ‘we definitely have listened to it’

The Independent UK

Afghan data breach was ‘wake-up call’ for government’s data security

Government agrees to work more closely with the data watchdog after a catastrophic data loss put thousands of Afghan lives at risk

The Guardian - UK

UK privacy watchdog opens inquiry into X over Grok AI sexual deepfakes

Information Commissioner’s Office to investigate whether Elon Musk’s firms have complied with data protection law

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Evening Standard

Data regulator investigating X over sexual images created by Grok chatbot

The social media platform said it has brought in measures to address issues raised previously.

The Independent UK

UK regulator launches investigation into Elon Musk’s X after Grok deepfakes controversy

There has been controversy surrounding chatbot Grok after it was used to generate sexual deepfake images without consent

GamesRadar

The Last of Us director used Ellie and Joel's bond as a reference for his new game, but the biggest inspiration was Ico, the first that made him cry

Bruce Straley says "before that, games were just games to me"

GamesRadar

The Last of Us co-director Bruce Straley wants to deliver a "unique type of storytelling" with Coven of the Chicken Foot, a lush love letter to ICO and Shadow of the Colossus

Big in 2026 | The debut adventure from Wildflower Interactive has big ambitions in a challenging genre: "We've had to come up with innovative ways to work in the complicated companion space"

The Guardian - UK

Lloyds questioned by watchdog over use of staff banking data in pay talks

ICO says it is making inquiries with banking group over data privacy after it accessed 30,000 staff accounts

The Guardian - UK

Zarah Sultana’s Your Party membership launch may be ‘criminal’ matter for police, ICO says

Information watchdog says party’s data controller should consider ‘taking further action’ over unauthorised portal

Evening Standard

AI personal shoppers possible within next five years – data protection watchdog

AI agents could anticipate shopping needs and make purchases for customers, according to the Information Commissioner’s Office.

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