ICO

The ICO has opened an investigation into an incident at Royal Mail.

This pilot programme, SME Data Essentials, helps UK businesses become better equipped to responsibly unlock the value of personal information and improve their compliance.

Former RAC employee Asif Iqbal Khan was fined £5,000 for stealing data of victims of road traffic incidents in breach of the Data Protection Act 2018.

The ICO has implemented a new Upstream Regulation team to provide more help for public authorities dealing with FOI requests and promote good practice, in order to build trust and confidence in those responsible for making public information available.

It's OK Ltd has been fined £200,000 by the ICO for making 1.7million unlawful calls to people registered with the TPS, exploiting vulnerable people through misleading statements and pressure tactics.

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has issued new guidance to industry and game developers to help ensure children are protected when playing their games and comply with data protection laws.

The Tribunal ruled in favor of the ICO's claim that Experian had processed personal data of over 5 million individuals unlawfully by failing to notify them of direct marketing purposes, but rejected the ICO's view that its privacy notice was not transparent or that using credit reference data for direct marketing was unfair.