Compliance by Design

“We are disappointed that Google has changed its plans and no longer intends to deprecate third party cookies from the Chrome Browser.

We have issued a reprimand to a school that broke the law when it introduced facial recognition technology (FRT).

We have issued the London Borough of Hackey with a reprimand following a cyber-attack in 2020 that led to hackers gaining access to and encrypting 440,000 files, affecting at least 280,000 residents and other individuals including staff. 

Water companies must put transparency first if they want to rebuild public trust, we have warned.

The fundamental right to ask questions of and hold public authorities to account is a cornerstone of our democracy.

At the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), we are encouraging people to check how an app plans to use their personal information before they sign up.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) will hold its annual Data Protection Practitioners’ Conference (DPPC) online on Tuesday 8 October.

In June 2022 we revised our approach to working with public sector organisations and started a two-year trial, as set out in our open letter at the time.

An ICO spokesperson said: “While we are continuing to make enquiries into this matter, we recognise the sensitivity of some of the information in question and the worry this may have caused. “We would urge anyone concerned about how their data has been handled to check our website for advice…

Stephen Almond, Executive Director, Regulatory Risk at the ICO, said:  “We are pleased that Meta has reflected on the concerns we shared from users of their service in the UK, and responded to our request to pause and review plans to use Facebook and Instagram user data to train generative AI.…