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Facial recognition firms should take a look in the mirror

Clearview AI was fined for using internet-sourced images of UK residents in its database – but not before police forces used its service

The Guardian - UK

TechScape: Clearview AI was fined £7.5m for brazenly harvesting your data – does it care?

The facial recognition firm earned a heavy fine for scraping millions of pictures of people’s faces from social media. But that doesn’t mean it will change its ways

The Guardian - UK

UK watchdog fines facial recognition firm £7.5m over image collection

Clearview AI hit with penalty for collecting images of people from social media and web to add to global database

The Guardian - UK

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Facial recognition company used by British police fined £7.5m over unlawful image database

Service ‘effectively monitors the public’s behaviour and offers it as a commercial service’, watchdog finds

The Independent UK

Cabinet Office condemned by MPs for FoI ‘clearing house’ secrecy

The Independent UK

Home Office’s visa service apologises for email address data breach

Private contractor running service sent email to applicants containing more than 170 email addresses

The Guardian - UK

Two people suspected of leaking Matt Hancock affair clip won't face criminal action

The leaked images were most likely obtained by someone recording the CCTV footage screens with a mobile phone, the ICO said

Manchester Evening News

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Inquiry into leak of Matt Hancock kiss images leads to no prosecutions

ICO finds insufficient evidence against those suspected of capturing footage of minister with colleague

The Guardian - UK

Probe into leak of CCTV images showing Matt Hancock kissing aide dropped due to ‘insufficient evidence’

An investigation into the publication of CCTV images showing former health secretary Matt Hancock kissing his aide has been dropped by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) due to “insufficient evidence”.

Evening Standard

No prosecutions over leak of CCTV showing Matt Hancock kissing aide

The Information Commissioner’s Office said there was ‘insufficient evidence’.

The Independent UK

Probe into leaked Matt Hancock kiss CCTV closed and no one will be prosecuted

The Information Commissioner issued search warrants for six phones but couldn't find the offending CCTV of Matt Hancock in a steamy clinch with his aide, Gina Coladangelo

Daily Mirror

‘Insufficient evidence’ to prosecute two people suspected of leaking CCTV of Matt Hancock kiss

Matt Hancock was forced to resign after the kiss which breached Covid rules was leaked to the press

The Independent UK

UK’s freedom of information laws are being undermined, warn journalists

Letter signed by several MPs urges better enforcement of transparency law, as government accused of obstructing requests

The Guardian - UK

Five firms fined £405k for bombarding elderly and vulnerable people with more than 750,000 marketing calls

The companies targeted people who had signed up with the Telephone Preference Service.

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Manchester Evening News

'Predatory' cold call firms targeted elderly victims taking hundreds a month for unnecessary insurance

One elderly individual had their savings whittled down from £8,000 to £500 in just over a month

Daily Mirror

Cold callers fined £400,000 for selling insurance to vulnerable pensioners

Some of the people who were targeted by the five companies had dementia or were too elderly to manage their finances, according to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)

Wales Online

Cold callers who targeted elderly and vulnerable fined £405,000

Five firms targeted people who had asked not to be contacted and some had accounts drained

The Guardian - UK

UK data watchdog urges vigilance amid heightened cyber threat

ICO reports ‘steady and significant’ increase in cyber-attacks against UK firms over past two years

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The Guardian - UK

NHS Scotland Covid app rebuked for breaching data privacy laws

UK watchdog says app was not clear about how data is used and it may consider ‘further regulatory action’

Daily Record

Scottish Government reprimanded for privacy concerns over covid vaccine passport app

The Information Commissioner urged the Government and NHS National Services Scotland to act swiftly on the findings.

The Independent UK

Data watchdog raps Scottish Government over Covid Status app privacy issues

The Information Commissioner’s Office has also reprimanded NHS National Services Scotland.

Birmingham Post

West Wales firm fined £200,000 for making more than half a million nuisance calls

Home2Sense made 675,478 nuisance marketing calls between June 2020 and March 2021

Wales Online

Welsh company fined £200,000 for making more than half a million nuisance marketing calls

There were complaints about repeated calls for relatives who had died

The Guardian - UK

NCA says end-to-end encryption poses challenge for law enforcers on child abuse

Agency responds after ICO says encryption plays an important role in children’s online safety

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