US data protection law update
A Bill for an American Privacy Rights Act has been unveiled. If enacted, this would be a national data privacy standard. The Bill as currently … Read more
News
The latest GDPR and privacy news
GDPR enforcement by the ICO during the Coronavirus pandemic
Are the ICO enforcing or not? Major public health emergency or not, it’s easy for organisations to look back at the last (nearly) two years … Read more
Why determining if photos are personal data is not straightforward
This week the ICO published a new blog post, aimed at schools, looking at a couple of reprimands it had served on a couple of … Read more
EU may not be able to grant UK GDPR adequacy according to EU Parliament
We’ve previously documented the Brexit and GDPR issues facing the UK once the transition period is out of the way by the end of 2020. … Read more
GDPR and Brexit now the UK is leaving the EU
With the UK set to leave the EU on 31st January 2020, here’s what you need to know about how Brexit impacts GDPR going forward. … Read more
ICO publishes its Code for age appropriate design of online services used by children
The ICO have now published their final version of their Age Appropriate Design Code of Practice for Online Services. The Code is a statutory one in … Read more
DSG Retail Ltd fined £500k under DPA1998 for security failings
DSG Retail Ltd (who trade as Currys PC World and Dixons) have been fined by the ICO £500k for a number of serious data security … Read more
ICO consults on draft direct marketing code of practice
On 8th January 2020 the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) launched a consultation on their draft direct marketing code of practice. The Code itself will replace … Read more
Pharmacy receives ICO’s first GDPR fine
A pharmacy in London has become the first organisation to receive a GDPR fine in the UK from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The fine … Read more
Cybersecurity, children’s privacy & marketing practices are main concerns according to ICO privacy tracker survey
The ICO have published their Annual Tracker, a survey looking at public perceptions of privacy and data protection. The main aim of this research was: … Read more