Information Commissioner’s Office MBE awards in the King’s New Year Honours List
ICO Deputy Chief Executive, Paul Arnold and Senior Independent Director, Nicola Wood have been awarded MBEs in the King’s New Year Honours List. Paul Arnold receives his award for services…
Read More »UK Information Commissioner warns against 2024 becoming the year people lose trust in AI
UK Information Commissioner, John Edwards, will today warn that 2024 could be the year people lose trust in AI – and call on tech developers to embed privacy into their…
Read More »Two new employment guidance pieces out for consultation
We are producing an online resource with topic-specific guidance on employment practices and data protection. We are releasing our drafts of the different topic areas in stages and adding to…
Read More »ICO fines Ministry of Defence for Afghan evacuation data breach
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined the Ministry of Defence (MoD) £350,000 for disclosing personal information of people seeking relocation to the UK shortly after the Taliban took control…
Read More »Bank of Ireland UK reprimanded for inaccurate data on customers’ accounts
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued Bank of Ireland UK with a reprimand for mistakes made on more than 3,000 customers’ credit profiles.
Read More »ICO statement in response to parliamentarians’ letter on facial recognition technology
Facial recognition technology can bring benefits in helping to prevent and detect crime, but it relies on processing large amounts of sensitive personal data.
Read More »“We are not seeing the improvement both we and the public need” – ICO issues enforcement notice to GMP over transparency failures
Enforcement notice issued to Greater Manchester Police over failure to clear Freedom of Information backlog
Read More »Update – statement on Court of Appeal judgment on Freedom of Information Act appeal
The Court of Appeal has ruled against the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in a Freedom of Information Act 2000 appeal regarding the ability to aggregate public interest factors for and…
Read More »John Edwards speaks at TechUK Digital Ethics Summit 2023
Kia ora, good morning and welcome to TechUK’s annual Digital Ethics summit. I’m happy to be here talking to you all, a roomful of people who care as much as…
Read More »Court of Appeal ruling on immigration exemption brings ‘greater empathy’ – Commissioner
The Court of Appeal has ruled that the government must make changes to the immigration exemption in the Data Protection Act 2018 to make it clearer.
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