The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is today urging recruitment agencies to meet their obligations under the Data Protection Act The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is today urging ...

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has announced the appointment of former European data protection supervisor Peter Hustinx as its fifth non-executive director and the newest member of the ...

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published an 80-page guidance document for companies and other organisations about using artificial intelligence (AI) in line with data protection ...

Data protection enforcement has been put on hold in the UK, with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) telling complainants their cases won’t be investigated during lockdown. In April, the ICO ...

New guidance defines when electronically held personal data is "beyond use" once deleted. As part of its mission to assist companies to understand and fulfil their obligations under the UK's Data ...

The UK’s data protection regulator has warned that a reluctance among organizations to share customers’ personal information is worsening a fraud epidemic in the country. Fraud is now the most common ...

The UK’s chief data protection regulator has warned over reckless and inappropriate use of live facial recognition (LFR) in public places. Publishing an opinion today on the use of this biometric ...

The HMRC has been handed an enforcement notice by the UK’s privacy watchdog after contravening the GDPR over collection of biometric data from taxpayers. In the first case of its kind since the ...

Understanding the ICO’s approach to assessing financial penalties should be a key element of an organisation’s data protection strategy and risk profile. In an era when data protection infringements ...

The Sandbox scheme is a new ICO service that will support organisations that are developing products and services that use personal data - but with a clear public benefit. The UK’s data regulation - ...

UK’s data protection regulator promises to be flexible to affected organizations but firm on those using it as an excuse not to follow compliance requirements. The COVID-19 pandemic has put many ...

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has accused players across the political campaigning ecosystem of having “a disturbing disregard” for people’s personal privacy, following an ...