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Information Commissioner’s Office MBE awards in the King’s New Year Honours List
ICO Deputy Chief Executive, Paul Arnold and Senior Independent Director, Nicola Wood have been awarded MBEs in the King’s New Year Honours List.
Paul Arnold receives his award for services to Regulation, and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. Paul has over 25 years’ experience regulating data…
ICO statement in response to parliamentarians' letter on facial recognition technology
Facial recognition technology can bring benefits in helping to prevent and detect crime, but it relies on processing large amounts of sensitive personal data.
“We are not seeing the improvement both we and the public need” – ICO issues enforcement notice to GMP over transparency failures
Enforcement notice issued to Greater Manchester Police over failure to clear Freedom of Information backlog
Bank of Ireland UK reprimanded for inaccurate data on customers’ accounts
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued Bank of Ireland UK with a reprimand for mistakes made on more than 3,000 customers’ credit profiles.
ICO fines Ministry of Defence for Afghan evacuation data breach
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined the Ministry of Defence (MoD) £350,000 for disclosing personal information of people seeking relocation to the UK shortly after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021.
Two new employment guidance pieces out for consultation
We are producing an online resource with topic-specific guidance on employment practices and data protection. We are releasing our drafts of the different topic areas in stages and adding to the resource over time, and two new pieces of guidance are now out for public consultation.
Court of Appeal ruling on immigration exemption brings ‘greater empathy’ – Commissioner
The Court of Appeal has ruled that the government must make changes to the immigration exemption in the Data Protection Act 2018 to make it clearer.
How data protection law can prevent harm in the housing sector
Housing organisations require personal data to provide services and support to their residents – this could be anything from contact details to medical records.
We looked into text pests and here's what we found
Earlier this year, you may have seen media reports about people receiving unwanted contact from ‘text pests’ after using services such as booking a taxi or ordering a pizza.
