UK ICO Revises Subject Access Guidance Following Court Rulings
On June 20, 2017, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published an updated version of its Code of Practice on […]
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Gloucester City Council fined by ICO for leaving personal information vulnerable to attack
The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined Gloucester City Council £100,000 after a cyber attacker accessed council employees’ sensitive personal information. […]
UK ICO Stresses Importance of Preparing for the GDPR and Addresses the ICO’s Role Post-Brexit
With just under one year to go before the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) becomes law across the European […]
Essex local authority fined for publishing sensitive personal data in online planning documents
A council has been fined £150,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office for publishing sensitive personal information about a family. Source: […]
ICO: Open banking ‘a key way’ for banks to meet data portability duties under the GDPR
The adoption of open banking could help payment service providers (PSPs) meet their obligations under new EU data protection laws, […]
ICO publishes annual reports for 2016 and 2017
UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office has published reports detailing operational work undertaken by the ICO in 2016/17. Source: Annual operational reports 2016/17 | ICO
UK’s ICO to investigate use of data analytics for political purposes
Elizabeth Denham, UK Information Commissioner, has announced today that she has launched a formal investigation into the use of data […]
Recent ICO guidances and feedback requests on GDPR
Recently UK Information Commissioner Office published several GDPR guidances and requests for public feedback.
Watchdog queries scope of rules on ‘profiling’ under the GDPR
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has identified an anomaly between the definition of profiling in the GDPR and how profiling […]