Mar 4, 2015 | Online advertising, Regulation
Almost half of the UK population would not sell their online data for less than £1m, according to a landmark new study, even though many people are failing to take even the most basic steps to secure their information. The revelation is one of the key findings from a...
Feb 27, 2015 | Regulation
Apple and Intel are among some of the world’s biggest brands that have been dropped from China’s approved purchasing lists. Government departments can buy products only from a list of approved companies, which has now been stacked with thousands of products from...
Feb 27, 2015 | Regulation
US regulators have approved net neutrality rules banning broadband providers from charging to put online services in a two speed internet, giving higher paying customers an .internet fast lane’. The new rules require the companies to act in the “public...
Feb 23, 2015 | Regulation
Lenovo has apologised to customers and will help them remove pre-installed software that could have exposed them the security threats. The biggest maker of personal computers said it was a mistake to have the software, made by a company called Superfish, included on...
Feb 19, 2015 | CPG, FMCG digital marketing food and beverages, Regulation
Fans of Jamie Oliver have been hit by a computer virus after visiting the TV chefs site, according to news reports. Those visiting the site while running older versions of Adobe Flash, Java and Microsoft Silverlight are most likely to have been infected. Victims were...
Feb 19, 2015 | Mobile, Regulation, Russia
Russia’s most popular search engine Yandex has asked the state anti-monopoly watchdog to investigate Google for possibly violating Russian antitrust law. Yandex alleges that its rival has an unfair advantage because it insists device-makers set Google as the default...
Feb 13, 2015 | Regulation
Popular file sharing site Rapidshare will close next month, hit by the rise of streaming services and a crackdown on piracy. The site has endured a long period of decline, including sacking 75 per cent of its staff in 2013. The rise of legal streaming services (such...
Feb 11, 2015 | Online video, Regulation
Netflix has launched in Cuba, one of the first US firms to launch in the country after the recent loosening of U.S. trade restrictions. Just 5% of Cubans have unfiltered access to the Internet, according to Freedom House, a watchdog group. However, Netflix said that...
Feb 10, 2015 | Online advertising, Regulation
Samsung is warning customers to avoid discussing personal information in front of their smart television set, explaining how its voice recognition system will not only capture private conversations, but also sell them onto third parties. The warning applies to TV...
Feb 9, 2015 | Content marketing, Online advertising, Regulation
As native advertising grows in popularity, new guidelines on how sponsored editorial content is used and labelled for consumers have been launched in the UK. The Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB UK) has released part one of a set of guidelines to help the marketing...
Feb 6, 2015 | Regulation, Social media
A tribunal has stated that the sharing of intelligence by UK agency GCHQ was against the law. The Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) ruled that the sharing practices between GCHQ and the US’s National Security Agency (NSA) broke human rights laws. The ruling is...
Feb 5, 2015 | Facebook marketing, Regulation, Social media
A new Facebook privacy policy allows the site to track users activity even after the have left it, with all users automatically signed up to it. The change lets the social network gather data from activity across the internet, as well as the normal data it gathers on...
Feb 4, 2015 | Online advertising, Regulation
Google disabled more than 524 million bad ads and banned more than 214,000 advertisers in 2014, as the internet giant aims to increase the quality of its platforms for advertisers and consumers. As part of a new initiative to win over advertisers over the quality of...
Feb 3, 2015 | Regulation
The Pirate Bay has risen from its digital ashes once again, more than seven weeks after its servers were raided. The notorious torrent site is operating from the familiar .se domain and it appears that data loss is minimal. Early December The Pirate Bay was raided at...
Feb 3, 2015 | Online advertising, Regulation, Search engine marketing
Google is to rewrite its privacy policy following pressure from the UK Information Commissioner’s Office. The firm must make it easier for users to find out how their data is collected and what it is used for and submit to a two-year review. Among other...
Jan 27, 2015 | Regulation
The head of the one-to-one marketing industry’s watchdog, the DM Commission (DMC), has said that marketers must now look beyond “complying with the law” to following principles that “put their customer first” to win trust, create effective marketing and prevent...
Jan 19, 2015 | Regulation
The United Kingdom and the USA are to implemnent “war games” style cyber attacks on each other as part of a new joint defence against cyber criminals. The two leaders will practice opening lines of communication in a series of war games staging potential...
Jan 16, 2015 | Facebook marketing, Online video, Regulation
Facebook is now restricting extreme and violent content in feeds by posting warnings and preventing minors from seeing certain videos. The social network has never permitted material that may “glorify violence,” but generally allowed news and documentary...
Jan 15, 2015 | Regulation, UK, WhatsApp
Chat apps such as WhatsApp, Snapchat and iMessage could be blocked in the UK after Prime Minister David Cameron promised to ramp up internet surveillance powers to prevent terrorists from plotting attacks online. Making an electoral campaign speech in Nottingham...
Jan 7, 2015 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Mobile, Regulation
Personalised card company Moonpig has disabled its mobile app “as a precaution” over claims the firm’s online security is “vulnerable”. The website, which lets customers purchase specially customised greetings cards, pulled its iOS and...
