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UK data watchdog fines Reddit £14.47M for letting kids slip past the gate

Social media giant retorts it doesn't want to collect 'private' data, and plans to appeal The UK's data protection regulator has fined social media giant Reddit £14.47 million ($19.5 million) over its use of children's data.

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ICO fines Reddit £14.47m over children’s data protection failures

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UK fines Reddit $19 million for using children’s data unlawfully

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UK privacy watchdog fines Reddit $20 million over children’s data failures

Britain's privacy watchdog on Tuesday said it had fined social media platform Reddit 14.47 million pounds ($19.52 million) for failures related to children's privacy.

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Reddit fined £14m by UK data watchdog over age check failings

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Reddit fined $20 million in UK over children's data failures

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Reddit slapped with €16 million fine in UK for failing to protect children

According to the ICO, Reddit’s lack of oversight meant that children under the age of 13 were having their personal data harvested without informed consent.

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Reddit fined £14.5m in UK over use of under-13s’ data

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Reddit hit with $20 million UK data privacy fine over child safety failings

Computer Weekly

ICO wins appeal over data protection obligations in Currys cyber attack

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has won an important appeal relating to data protection obligations arising from a 2017-18 cyber attack at electronics retailer Currys PC World.

Biometric Update

ICO hits Reddit with £14.5M pound fine for not implementing robust age assurance

The message board failed to apply robust age assurance mechanisms and therefore did not have a lawful basis for processing the children's personal information.

ZDNet

ICO: Police authority breached Data Protection Act

Lancashire Police Authority broke data protection laws by publishing a complainant's personal information on its website, the Information Commissioner's Office said on Tuesday. According to the watchdog, the police authority not only put two documents ...

Computer Weekly

ICO selectively discloses reprimands for data protection breaches

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued reprimands to seven public and private organisations over failures to respond to requests for personal information, but experts have questioned why the regulator chooses to publicly disclose some ...

The National Law Review

ICO Introduces Consultation Series on Data Protection and Generative AI

We collaborate with the world's leading lawyers to deliver news tailored for you. Sign Up for any (or all) of our 25+ Newsletters. Some states have laws and ethical rules regarding solicitation and advertisement practices by attorneys and/or other ...

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ICO Calls on Accountants to Improve SME Data Protection

The UK’s privacy regulator has called on accountants to play a key role in ensuring the country’s SMEs are compliant with rigorous data protection laws. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said that research from 2021 revealed that around a ...