British lawmakers are collecting their users’ data to ‘promote democratic engagement’
The ICO has previously expressed "concern" about the "democratic engagement" provision, which has been attached to The Data Protection Act 2018, in evidence submitted to the Public Bill Committee. Our supplementary analysis also found that many MPs are serving third-party content from Facebook and other platforms via their constituency websites.
BT fined £77,000 for sending 5 million nuisance emails
The emails were sent across three separate campaigns and didn't contain a means for users to opt-out from receiving further communications.