ICO shares resources to help designers embed data protection by default

The ICO has produced new guidance to help UX designers, product managers and software engineers embed data protection into their products and services from the start.

Read More »

ICO statement on Government response to Sir Patrick Vallance’s Pro-Innovation Regulation of Technologies Review

Today, Wednesday 15 March, the Government has published its response to Sir Patrick Vallance’s Pro-Innovation Regulation of Technologies Review.

Read More »

ICO reaches agreement with Easylife Ltd

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has reached an agreement with Easylife Ltd (Easylife) to reduce the monetary penalty notice (MPN), issued for breaching the Data Protection Act 2018, to £250,000.

Read More »

ICO issues reprimand to the Metropolitan Police Service for inadequate handling of files related to organised crime groups

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a reprimand to the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) following several issues identified around their uploading, amending and deleting of various criminal intelligence files…

Read More »

ICO and Australian Communications and Media Authority sign Memorandum of Understanding

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which formalises their commitment to work together on protecting people…

Read More »

John Edwards, Information Commissioner, delivers a keynote speech at IAPP Data Protection Intensive UK.

Commissioner opens conference with an overview of our past year.

Read More »

ICO statement on re-introduction of Data Protection and Digital Information Bill

Today, Wednesday 8 March, the Data Protection and Digital Information (DPDI) Bill is due to be re-introduced to Parliament.

Read More »

Why addressing AI-driven discrimination is so important

As a woman who also became an immigrant, the concepts of equity and inclusion have always been close to my heart. My career began as a journalist, working for newspapers…

Read More »

ICO approves fourth UK GDPR certification scheme following sequence of success

The Information Commissioner’s Office has approved the fourth set of UK GDPR certification scheme criteria.

Read More »

The Lockdown Files will help us learn from the experience of Covid

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

Read More »