Action taken against Sky Betting and Gaming for using cookies without consent

We have issued a reprimand to Bonne Terre Limited, trading as Sky Betting and Gaming, for unlawfully processing people’s data through advertising cookies without their consent.

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ICO statement in response to Google announcing it will no longer block third party cookies in Chrome

“We are disappointed that Google has changed its plans and no longer intends to deprecate third party cookies from the Chrome Browser.

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ICO warns organisations to proactively make advertising cookies compliant after positive response to November call to action

Last November we wrote to 53 of the UK’s top 100 websites, warning that they faced enforcement action if they did not make changes to advertising cookies to comply with…

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Commissioner warns UK’s top websites to make cookie changes

Regulator makes clear it should be as easy to “Reject All” cookies as it is to “Accept All”

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Protecting privacy during a pandemic: our work on the UK’s Covid apps

A blog by Ian Hulme, the ICO’s Director of Regulatory Assurance.

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Layer 2 Community Grants Winners

The Privacy & Scaling Explorations team is excited to announce the winners of the Layer 2 Community Grants 2022. The Layer 2 Community Grants round started on October 24th, 2022…

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Layer 2 Community Grants Winners

The Privacy & Scaling Explorations team is excited to announce the winners of the Layer 2 Community Grants 2022. The Layer 2 Community Grants round started on October 24th, 2022…

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ICO’s work in the media – Google revises its approach to cookies consent

Google is giving consumers more choice and control over how their data is tracked.

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Monero Receives an Update to Preserve Privacy Amidst Attempts to De-Anonymize It

XMR developers announced the release of a new update that would help to preserve and enhance the coin’s privacy feature. According to the Monero blog, the new node software will…

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IRS Wants to Track ‘Nefarious’ Privacy Coin and Lightning Transactions

The IRS is looking to expand its investigative capabilities around privacy coins, layer-two solutions, and sidechains.

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