ICO hits Leave.EU and Arron Banks insurance company with £135,000 in fines
An investigation conducted by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) into a data breach suffered by Leave.EU has left the pro-Brexit […]
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ICO publishes report on use of data analytics in political campaigns
UK’s data protection authority ICO has published a report to Parliament that brings the various strands of its investigation up to date. […]
GDPR: companies should look beyond passwords, says ICO
Online service providers should consider alternatives to passwords to keep their systems secure and meet their obligations under data protection […]
Average fine in UK for data breaches doubles to £146,000 in just a year
The average value of fines issued by the UK’s data protection authority doubled over the last year to reach £146,000. […]
Average data breach fine doubles in one year
City AM reports that the average financial penalty issued by the UK regulator for data fines has doubled over the […]
Is the ICO’s view of “lawful processing” under the GDPR wrong?
What makes processing “lawful” under the GDPR? The Information Commissioner (ICO) has stated that the word “lawfulness” has general application, […]
Facebook fined £500,000 for Cambridge Analytica scandal
Facebook has been fined £500,000 by the UK’s data protection watchdog for its role in the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. The […]
ICO to help business with innovation and Privacy by Design
The UK’s data protection authority – Information Commissioner’s Office – will set up a Regulators’ Business and Privacy Innovation Hub […]
UK DPA releases data protection self-assessment checklist for sole traders
The ICO has launched a self-assessment checklist that will help sole traders and self-employed individuals to assess their compliance with […]
GDPR complaints stack up across the EU as regulators prepare to issue fines
It’s almost five months since Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect. Meanwhile, EU member states start to tally […]
Pro-privacy company Brave files GDPR complaint against Google
Brave filed a complaint with UK and Irish regulators over potential GDPR violations. The company, which develops the privacy-focused Brave […]
ICO warns on over-reporting of data breaches
Many businesses are disclosing minor personal data breaches to the UK’s data protection watchdog, wrongly believing that they have to […]