In a December, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) responded to Google’s decision to lift a prohibition on device fingerprinting (which involves collecting and combining information about a device’s software and hardware, for the purpose of identifying the device) for organisations using its advertising products, effective from 16 February 2025 (see an overview of

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On 14 January 2025, the UK Home Office published a consultation paper focusing on legislative proposals to reduce payments to cyber criminals and increasing incident reporting.  

The proposals set out in the consultation paper aim to protect UK businesses, citizens, and critical infrastructure from the growing threat of ransomware, by reducing the financial incentives for

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