Neowin News Feed for: Ico

If you own Meta smart glasses, subcontrators in Africa can see everything you record

Paul Hill — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 06:46:02 +0000

The UK's data regulator, the ICO, is writing to Meta after an alarming report found that subcontractors in Africa can see way too much of people's private lives. Read more...

UK data regulator under pressure after failing to regulate public sector effectively

Paul Hill — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 11:08:01 +0000

The UK's data regulator, the ICO, is under fire by 70 entities who say it is failing to go after public sector data violaters. They have called for an inquiry into the ICO's lack of action. Read more...

Imgur blocks UK users after regulator threatens fine over child data use

David Uzondu — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 18:18:01 +0000

In the UK, Imgur displays a "Content not available in your region" error, and the ICO has now explained the reason. Read more...

Facebook and Instagram ad-free subscription arrives in the U.K.

Karthik Mudaliar — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 15:12:01 +0000

Meta is introducing a subscription service in the U.K., allowing Facebook and Instagram users to pay a monthly fee for an ad-free experience. Read more...

LinkedIn halts AI training on UK user data following ICO complaint

Paul Hill — Sat, 21 Sep 2024 12:16:01 +0000

LinkedIn has ceased training its AI models on data from UK users after a complaint from the Information Commissioner's Office regarding data privacy practices and consent issues. Read more...

UK charity group files complaint against YouTube for illegally collecting data on children

Usama Jawad — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 13:22:01 +0000

An official complaint has been filed against YouTube in the UK for collecting locations, viewing habits, and preferences of up to 5 million children, in violation of the UK Children's Code. Read more...

TikTok could face £27 million fine for lapses in the privacy of kids

Hemant Saxena — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 12:52:02 +0000

The provisional views of the UK's Information Commissioner's Office suggest TikTok has fallen short of giving adequate protection to children under data privacy laws. It could face a £27 million fine. Read more...

McAfee and his advisor indicted over cryptocurrency fraud

Paul Hill — Sat, 06 Mar 2021 04:54:01 +0000

The US Department of Justice has indicted John McAfee over cryptocurrency fraud. It said the businessman was involved in a pump-and-dump scheme on Twitter. He's currently detained in Spain. Read more...

Facebook pays £500,000 fine in the UK over Cambridge Analytica issues

Paul Hill — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 20:16:01 +0000

The UK's ICO has announced that Facebook has agreed to pay £500,000 for violating the Data Privacy Act 1998 with regards to the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Facebook has not accepted liability though. Read more...

British Airways to be fined record-breaking £183m figure over data theft

Namerah Saud Fatmi — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 14:56:01 +0000

British watchdog Information Commissioner's Office has issued UK's flag carrier with a penalty of £183m. The record fine has been charged over the breach of data suffered by British Airways last year. Read more...

UK: ICO fines EE £100,000 over unsolicited marketing messages

Paul Hill — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 20:00:01 +0000

The UK mobile carrier, EE, has been fined £100,000 after it sent marketing messages to customers, twice, without their permission. This practice is against the ICO's rules so the firm was fined. Read more...

UK watchdog sets out to ban nudge techniques to protect kids online

Paul Hill — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 19:10:01 +0000

A UK watchdog has set out new rules that firms should follow when it comes to designing online services. The rules encourage services to put children's data privacy as a top priority. Read more...

Investigation underway into malware attack on the Police Federation of England and Wales

Paul Hill — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 18:46:01 +0000

Several bodies, including the National Crime Agency, are investigating a malware incident affecting the Police Federation of England and Wales. The National Cyber Security Centre is also involved. Read more...

Facebook appeals ICO fine over Cambridge Analytica scandal

João Carrasqueira — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 21:26:01 +0000

Facebook has unsurprisingly chosen to contest the decision by the United Kingdom's ICO to slap the company with a £500,000 fine following the Cambridge Analytica scandal earlier this year. Read more...

UK levies £500,000 fine against Facebook over Cambridge Analytica data fiasco

Ruel Revales — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 17:46:01 +0000

Facebook has received a £500,000 penalty from UK's Information Commissioner's Office for allowing third-party developers access to private user data, which led to the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Read more...

Equifax fined £500,000 by ICO for 2017 security breach

Alex Alderson — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 12:02:01 +0000

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has today issued Equifax Ltd with a £500,000 fine following its security breach of up to fifteen million British citizens' personal information in 2017. Read more...

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News Staff — Wed, 16 May 2018 15:00:01 +0000

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Cryptocurrencies have been banned in Pakistan

Hamza Jawad — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 15:54:02 +0000

The State Bank of Pakistan has issued a circular on its website banning the usage of any virtual currency. Banks will not be able to allow customers any transaction in the form of cryptocurrencies. Read more...

Twitter to start blocking cryptocurrency ads from its platform

Jay Bonggolto — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 06:32:02 +0000

Twitter will join Facebook and Google in clamping down on ads for cryptocurrencies and related products and services such as initial coin offerings, token sales, crypto wallets, and crypto-exchanges. Read more...

Facebook bans ads for cryptocurrencies, ICOs and binary options

John Keefer — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:06:01 +0000

Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies have been all the rage of late. With Bitcoin trading at more than $10,000 at the moment, plenty of people want in on the action, including those trying to scam you. Read more...

Telegram plans multi-billion dollar ICO on its own blockchain platform

Stergios Georgopoulos — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 19:12:01 +0000

Messaging service Telegram hopes to create a full-blown cryptocurrency economy inside its app that will run on its own blockchain platform utilizing its native cryptocurrency called 'Gram'. Read more...

Bitcoin is a fraud which will 'blow up' according to JPMorgan Chase CEO

Dreyer Smit — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 13:42:01 +0000

Comparing the bitcoin gold rush to the Dutch Tulip Mania that affected that industry in the 1600s, JPMorgan Chase CEO called the cryptocurrency a fraud that was going to 'get someone killed'. Read more...

China cracks down on illegal crypto exchanges, Bitcoin drops by $500

Florin Bodnarescu — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 14:38:01 +0000

The People's Republic of China is reportedly seeking to curb trading between digital currencies and the yuan. The move is aimed at "unauthorized trading at virtual currency exchanges". Read more...

China implements a ban on Initial Coin Offerings

Paul Hill — Tue, 05 Sep 2017 01:24:01 +0000

The People's Bank of China has outlawed Initial Coin Offerings as of Monday. The move is an attempt to cut down on fraud and pyramid schemes which it says ICOs actually facilitated. Read more...

A medical trial involving the NHS and Google's DeepMind violated UK privacy law

Mina Esapa — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 19:52:02 +0000

A UK watchdog has ruled that a trust of the National Health Service violated privacy law when it provided the details of 1.6 million patients to Google's DeepMind in a medical trial last year. Read more...

UK ICO wants WhatsApp to give users more control over shared information

Paul Hill — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 03:22:01 +0000

The UK's information commissioner has provided an update on the WhatsApp data sharing situation. The data transfer from WhatsApp to Facebook is currently on hold and the ICO wants more user control. Read more...

UK's information commissioner responds to WhatsApp-Facebook data sharing

Paul Hill — Sun, 28 Aug 2016 06:44:01 +0000

The UK Information Commissioner has launched an investigation into the new WhatsApp privacy policy and ToS changes. It'll find out whether the changes are compliant with the Data Protection Act. Read more...