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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Assessing data protection practices of UK tracing agents

Earlier this year a women’s charity raised concerns with us about the alleged actions of a tracing agent – an investigator using various methods to find a person’s current address…

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Statement in response to the Open Rights Group’s report

The ICO does not share the views in the Open Rights Group report.

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ICO statement on the High Court ruling about the immigration exemption in the Data Protection Act 2018

The High Court has ruled that the immigration exemption in the Data Protection Act 2018, as currently drafted, is still unlawful and must be made clearer.

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Former 111 call centre advisor fined for illegally accessing medical records

A former 111 call centre advisor has been found guilty and fined for illegally accessing the medical records of a child and his family.

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Game of Alliance LIVE in the Cosmos w/Jared TFL

Alliance is an open-source Cosmos SDK module that leverages interchain staking to form economic alliances among blockchains. By boosting the economic activity across Cosmos chains through creating bilateral, mutually beneficial…

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Crypto.news weekly recap: sustained regulatory efforts amid increased adoption, more trouble for Sam Bankman-Fried

Last week in crypto saw sustained regulatory efforts amid increased adoption as Sam Bankman-Fried faced more challenges in the ongoing FTX case.

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How the ICO enforces: a new strategic approach to regulatory action

I enjoy speaking to groups of ordinary citizens, and bringing to life this arcane and technical world of data protection, freedom of information and privacy by using real world examples…

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Subject Access Requests: Getting the basics right

Information can drive everything in our lives from healthcare to job opportunities to the decisions made for and about us.

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Statement in response to the government’s announcement on the upcoming Data Reform Bill

The government has published its response to a consultation on the upcoming Data Reform Bill.

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