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GDPR

January 2026

  • Blurred search results are displayed on X on a laptop screen and reflected on the screen of an iPhone running the AI app Grok: the searches include 'grok remove clothes bikini' and 'grok remove clothing' and blurred images of clothed women are seen in the background

    Grok AI: is it legal to produce or post undressed images of people without their consent?

    Deluge of ‘nudified’ images on social media platform X raises questions about regulation of use of AI technologies

November 2025

  • Valdis Dombrovskis stands behind a podium at a press conference

    European Commission accused of ‘massive rollback’ of digital protections

  • Meta’s European headquarters in Dublin.

    double quotation markThe EU has let US tech giants run riot. Diluting our data law will only entrench their power

    Johnny Ryan and Georg Riekeles

November 2024

  • A woman is dumping freshly made potato waffle fries and chicken nuggets from an air fryer basket on to a countertop

    Is your air fryer spying on you? Concerns over ‘excessive’ surveillance in smart devices

    UK consumer group Which? finds some everyday items including watches and speakers are ‘stuffed with trackers’

July 2024

  • Pre-ticket boxes consenting to Grok AI use

    Elon Musk’s X under pressure from regulators over data harvesting for Grok AI

  • Illustration of the Llama logo displayed on a smartphone with stock market percentages in the background

    Meta pulls plug on release of advanced AI model in EU

February 2024

  • A woman shopping on her laptop

    Junk mail: how one click can lead to a deluge

    When piles of unsolicited mail and catalogues thud through the letterbox, ask yourself: how do they get your details and how can you stop it?
  • Crates of food and toilet rolls at Kingston Food Bank in Everyman Church in Kingston, London, March 2022

    Jobcentres told to stop referring benefit claimants to food banks

    DWP briefing says jobcentres should no longer issue ‘signposting slips’ over concerns about data privacy
  • hand in shadow holding a smartphone with the multicoloured Google logo displayed against a dark blue background

    Google stops notifying publishers of ‘right to be forgotten’ removals from search results

    Move comes after Swedish court rules that informing webmasters about delisted content is breach of privacy

December 2023

  • Meta plans to give European Facebook and Instagram users the option of paying for ad-free versions of the platforms in an attempt to comply with EU data privacy rules.

    TechScape newsletter
    Is Meta’s ad-free service just another way to make people pay for privacy?

    The owner of Instagram and Facebook thought an ad-free subscription service would satisfy European data cops – some advocacy groups aren’t so sure
    Newsletter

November 2023

  • Alison Rose and Nigel Farage

    ICO apologises to ex-NatWest chief over claim she broke privacy law on Farage

    Watchdog says it was ‘incorrect’ to suggest Alison Rose breached law by discussing ex-Ukip leader’s banking with journalist

October 2023

  • And Ulez and Lez warning sign in outer London.

    Belgium investigating alleged criminal breach of data protection laws over London Ulez fines

    Thousands of fines sent to EU drivers by TfL debt collection agent may be unlawful, Belgian transport ministry believes

September 2023

  • TikTok logo on a smartphone

    TikTok fined €345m for breaking EU data law on children’s accounts

    Irish data regulator says platform put 13- to 17-year-old users’ accounts on default public setting, among other breaches
  • Doorbell brand Ring connects to parent company Amazon. However, Amazon said it ‘never’ sells customers’ personal data.

    UK owners of smart home devices being asked for swathes of personal data

    Which? said firms are gathering far more data than needed for products to function
  • Nissan employees make final checks to cars at a plant in Sunderland, north east England. The carmaker includes ‘sexual activity’ in the data it collects.

    From sex life to politics: car driver data grab presents ‘privacy nightmare’, says study

    Mozilla Foundation studied 25 car brands and found some collecting data on ‘sexual activity’ and ‘political opinions

August 2023

  • Cropped shot of an unrecognisable delivery man handing a package to a female customer

    Customer data used for unwanted romantic contact, UK poll shows

  • Caroline Lucas speaking in parliament

    UK data bill favours big business and ‘shady’ tech firms, rights group claims

May 2023

  • Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

    TechScape newsletter
    TechScape: Warnings of a ‘splinternet’ were greatly exaggerated – until now

    Newsletter
  • Phone screen displays Facebook logo

    Facebook owner Meta fined €1.2bn for mishandling user information

April 2023

  • Amazon employee protesting

    Calls for stricter UK oversight of workplace AI amid fears for staff rights

    Campaigners, unions and MPs raise concerns about surveillance and use of ‘management by algorithm’
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