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University admissions service broke data laws over targeted advertising

Posted on April 8, 2015 by pogowasright.org

Lucy Ward reports:

The universities admissions service, Ucas, broke data protection rules when it signed up teenagers to receive adverts about mobile phones, energy drinks and other products, the information commissioner has ruled.

The University and Colleges Admissions Service must now change its application form and privacy policy because of the ruling, which follows an investigation triggered by a Guardian article.

Read more on The Guardian.

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