#dataprotection Tag

By Ian Hulme, Director for Regulatory Assurance. 14 November 2019 Imagine if your medical records, information about your sex life or your political opinions were put into the public domain so anyone...

The Information Commissioner has sent the following letter to the political parties in relation to the use of data in political campaigning. The letter was sent to the following parties: Conservatives DUP Greens Labour Lib...

By Elizabeth Denham, Information Commissioner. As far back as Sir Robert Peel, the powers of the police have always been seen as dependent on public support of their actions. It’s an...

In 2017 the Information Commissioner's Office ("ICO") commenced a formal investigation into the misuse of personal data in political campaigns. As part of that investigation, on 24 October 2018, the ICO...

As the initial Call for Input into the development of the ICO AI Auditing Framework comes to an end, Simon McDougall, Executive Director for Technology and Innovation, reflects on some...

A blog by Ian Hulme, Director for Regulatory Assurance As a regulator, we can see how the use of personal data has changed over the past few years. There have been...

Simon Reader, Senior Policy Officer, discusses some of the key considerations for organisations undertaking data protection impact assessments for Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems. This post is part of our ongoing Call for...

By Simon McDougall, ICO Executive Director for Technology and Innovation 22 October 2019 The ICO is a varied and exciting place to work. On any given day, our employees might be investigating the...

A blog by Elizabeth Denham, Information Commissioner 21 October 2019 We live in an age of borderless data flows. We can be in our own homes, but as quickly as we tap...