King v conference organiser
I settled out of court with this controller, via their solicitors, Clough and Willis. I’ve agreed not to identify the organisation as part of the settlement, so I’ve anonymised this article. In this case, I Read More …
Category: News about a controller
News articles that highlight my concerns about how some companies process my personal data. In some cases I decided to file a claim for compensation against these data controllers.
Holding Data Protection Officers to account
I settled this claim out of court by holding the DPO to account. I can reasonably say that all of the DPOs that I’ve dealt with over the years, are either incompetent, or they have Read More …
Relying on tentative consent
I filed this claim with the court but later withdrew the claim. I’ve withheld the details of the controller for this reason. I received a direct marketing email from this controller out of the blue. Read More …
An exceedingly good case: King v Premier Foods PLC
The lesson learned from this case, is that the definition of direct marketing is so broad, that arguably any advertising or marketing material that is directed at an individual, will constitute direct marketing. To argue Read More …
King v DSG Retail Limited (Currys PC World)
In this case, the judge accepted that an abandoned-basket email is subject to R22 PECR, and that the controller failed to comply with R22 PECR prior to targeting me with this direct marketing. The judge Read More …
Dennis Publishing settles my claims out of court
Dennis Publishing is a publisher of popular magazines such as PC Pro, Computer Shopper and Men’s Fitness. Dennis Publishing obtained my personal information when I signed-up to a trial of their PC Pro magazine. Funnily Read More …
The Post Office formally admits to unfairly processing my personal data
What started out as a reasonable response, ended in disaster for the Post Office It’s common knowledge that insurance businesses offer competitive quotes for insurance to attract new customers but then hike up the cost Read More …
Go Outdoors agrees to settle out of court
Having threatened to file a claim for compensation, in pursuant to Section 13 DPA 1998, Go Outdoors agreed to settle the matter out of court. I visited a Go Outdoors’s store in November 2017 to Read More …
Halfords e-Receipt service a delivery system for marketing
Unsolicited electronic marketing by default may prove costly for UK companies as the ICO tells Halfords to offer its customers a simple means of refusing the use of their information for electronic marketing purposes when Read More …
Monster’s CV database and the third parties that pay to use it
I’m struggling to get an answer from the ICO, as to how the companies that pay to use Monster’s CV database obtain explicit consent to process any sensitive personal information that individuals might have added Read More …