The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has today launched a call for victims of so-called ‘text pests’ to come forward to help the regulator gather evidence of the impact of this illegal behaviour.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is producing guidance on biometric data and biometric technologies.

Norfolk and Suffolk Constabularies have announced a data breach relating to responses for Freedom of Information (FOI) requests for crime statistics, issued between April 2021 and March 2022.

The ICO has today published action on five public bodies – Liverpool City Council, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, the Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, the Ministry of Defence and the Environment Agency – for failures to meet expected standards in responding to Freedom of Information Act requests.

Just over a year ago, I announced that we had published our new Freedom of Information (FOI) regulatory manual, which set out our approach to more strategic enforcement of FOI in line with our statutory powers.

People have the right to expect that their personal information is kept safe and not disclosed when it shouldn’t be.

The Electoral Commission has contacted us regarding this incident and we are currently making enquiries.

ICO advice to people receiving cold calls, as government looks to ban cold calls on financial products.

Stephen Almond, ICO Executive Director of Regulatory Risk, said:

“As a digital regulator, we pay close attention to how companies operate internationally and how people’s rights are respected.
“We’re aware of Meta’s plans to seek consent from users for behavioural advertising in the EU, to…

The Information Commissioner’s Office has reprimanded two Northern Irish organisations for disclosing people’s information inappropriately via email.