A business owner has been prosecuted for failing to register with the ICO because she was using in-store CCTV.
Kavitha Karthikesu, pleaded guilty to the offence under section 17 of the...
By Elizabeth Denham, Information Commissioner.
You only need glance at your mobile phone to see how international data protection is today. Apps developed 5,000 miles away on America’s West Coast,...
Companies selling marketing lists are breaking the law if people haven’t been told how their information will be used.
That’s the warning from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) as it fines...
The Information Commissioner’s Office has informed eleven charities that it intends to fine them for breaching the Data Protection Act.
The charities will be given 28 days to respond to the...
Rob Luke joins the ICO today as Deputy Commissioner (Policy).
He was previously British High Commissioner to Malta, and has also served overseas in Brazil and Paris as well as in...
Saturday January 28, 2017 marks the eleventh annual Data Protection Day.
To celebrate, the ICO will highlight information rights and privacy issues over the next two days. We’ll be focusing on...
A former recruitment consultant has been prosecuted for taking client records containing personal information to her new job.
Rebecca Gray pleaded guilty at Warrington Magistrates’ Court on 18 January to a...
Introduction
Thank you Julie, and many thanks for inviting me to speak today. It is a great pleasure and a privilege to address you this Wednesday morning.
What an honour for my...
An investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found that a Greater Manchester firm broke the law around how organisations can use people’s details when sending marketing texts.
LAD Media,...
“We’re all going to have to change how we think about data protection.”
That was the message from Elizabeth Denham, as she delivered a speech on GDPR and accountability.
The lecture for...
Introduction
It’s a pleasure to be here talking about privacy regulation in the digital age. As those of you who have come across us before will know, the ICO is one...
By Jo Pedder, Interim Head of Policy Delivery.
There’s nothing like a new year to focus the mind on self-improvement. And from a data protection perspective, there’s something about the arrival...
