Data Protection Law under the Labour Government
After Rishi Sunak announced a general election back in May, the Data Protection & Digtial Information (No.2) Bill (the UK government at the time’s attempt … Read more
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The ICO have issued guidance on the use of biometric data
The ICO has issued guidance explaining how data protection applies to the use of biometric data, which is considered a special category data when used … Read more
Think again if you don’t believe data protection matters because the ICO will do nothing
I’ve heard a few times recently a general nonchalant approach to data protection compliance and a feeling that the ICO’s only after the “big boys”. … Read more
ICO publishes new guidance on special category data
The ICO have published new guidance on the the processing of special category data. Special category data is data considered to be more sensitive and … Read more
Patient confidentiality -v- data protection, highlight of ICO’s review of Royal Free/Google compliance
The ICO has published information on its review of the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust and the Trust’s use of the Google DeepMind AI project … Read more
ICO publishes annual report (18/19) highlighting “unprecedented” year
The ICO has published its Annual Report for 2018/19Â which it says highlights what they refer to as an unprecedented year, which includes (for the 12 … Read more
Adtech and real time bidding online advertising under the ICO spotlight
We reported recently that the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) were looking into the adtech sector and concerns around how personal data is being processed as part … Read more
ICO 2017-18 Annual Report: Data protection complaints and breach reports up
The Information Commissioner’s Office has published their 2017-2018 Annual Report (covering the 12 months leading up to 31st March 2018) highlighting an increase in … Read more