Tribute to Her Majesty The Queen
Statement from John Edwards, Information Commissioner.
Read More »ICO publishes guidance on privacy enhancing technologies
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published draft guidance on privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) to help organisations unlock the potential of data by putting a data protection by design approach into…
Read More »ICO takes action against two government departments for failing to comply with the Freedom of Information Act 2000
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued an enforcement notice to the Department for International Trade (DIT) and a practice recommendation to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy…
Read More »Halfords fined for sending nearly 500,000 unwanted marketing emails
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Halfords Limited £30,000 for sending 498,179 unsolicited marketing emails to people without their consent.
Read More »“Children are better protected online in 2022 than they were in 2021” – ICO marks anniversary of Children’s code
The ICO is marking the anniversary of the groundbreaking Children’s code, that has changed how children are treated online.
Read More »ICO acting against eight individuals over alleged theft of road traffic accident data from garages
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has commenced criminal proceedings against eight individuals over the alleged unlawful accessing and obtaining of people’s personal information from vehicle repair garages to generate potential…
Read More »Former health adviser found guilty of illegally accessing patient records
A former health adviser has been found guilty of accessing medical records of patients without a valid legal reason.
Read More »Five things we learned from DPPC 2022
Last week’s Data Protection Practitioners’ Conference 2022 brought together more than 3,000 data protection professionals from across the country. Didn’t manage to attend? Here’s five things you missed from the…
Read More »John Edwards’ opening speech at DPPC 2022
Information Commissioner John Edwards’ opening Data Protection Practitioners’ Conference 2022 speech, delivered on 19th July 2022.
Read More »John Edwards’ speech introducing ICO25
Delivered on 14 July at the ICO25 launch event at Woburn House in London Check against delivery I wanted to start today with a story about the ICO’s work. On…
Read More »