The UK’s data protection regulator has criticised Google over its decision to allow advertisers to use technology to track users which is harder to control or block. The Information Commissioner’s ...

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has ordered Google to remove nine search results linking to news stories about the removal of information under the "right to be forgotten" ruling. The ...

in brief Google has announced plans to allow its business customers to begin "fingerprinting" users next year, and the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) isn't happy about it. … Fingerprinting ...

A former liaison manager from the UK's data protection watchdog now works for Google, a freedom of information request has revealed. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) confirmed on Thursday ...

Google has been served an enforcement notice today by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in the UK, requiring the company to delete any remaining payload data previously obtained by its ...

The UK's privacy watchdog has visited Google to look at samples of data collected by the company from unsecured Wi-Fi networks, and says the data was free of 'meaningful personal details'. The ...

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An MP said: The ICO failed to act when it should have done, despite the fact that Google staged a significant infringement of privacy and civil liberties, by harvesting millions of e-mails, wi-fFi ...