February 14, 2020
Love: There’s An App For That

Today (Feb. 14) is Valentine’s Day, the official day we collectively celebrate love in all its glories. Couples will go out, and dedicated singles will stay in, while the not-in-love-but-looking-hard...

February 12, 2020
Facebook Ireland Holds Up Dating Feature Over Regulator GDPR Compliance...

Facebook Ireland put its planned dating feature on hold following a raid by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) on Wednesday (Feb. 12), according to reports. The DPC — which acts...

February 11, 2020
Revolut Starts Open Banking Service For UK Customers

Revolut has announced a new Open Banking feature that will allow customers to access all their bank accounts on a single app. The move will make everything easier and more...

February 10, 2020
Retailer Hanna Andersson, Salesforce Are First Sued Under New California...

In retailing it’s usually a good thing when you’re the first to do something. Except when it’s a lawsuit. And except when you’re the first retailer to get rung up...

February 05, 2020
Google Quits Cookies As Data Privacy Regs Show Fangs

Looks like the digital advertising and marketing sectors are in for a reckoning. How that will affect merchants’ online promotional activity hangs in the balance. That’s the scoop as 2020...

February 05, 2020
EU Investigates Tinder’s Use Of User Data

Tinder, the popular dating service, is under investigation by the Ireland Data Protection Commission (DPC) over how it uses data from customers, including issues over its transparency and compliance with...

February 04, 2020
Google In Trouble In Ireland Over Location Tracking

The Data Protection Commission has launched two separate statutory inquiries, into search firm Google and dating app Tinder. Both inquiries relate to the handling of user data and are being opened...

February 04, 2020
Complaints Trigger Google Privacy Probe By Ireland’s Watchdog

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) in Ireland is launching an official inquiry into how Google processes its users’ location data. The DPC announced on Tuesday (Feb. 4) that following a...

February 04, 2020
Deep Dive: Why Innovation’s Lack Of Ubiquity Is Stalling Open...

Open Banking’s European success has kicked off interest in similar regulations worldwide, most notably in China, India and Singapore, where digital banking’s popularity among general consumers is rapidly rising. These...