The Information Commissioner has reminded banks of their responsibility to handle personal data adequately and to give customers the freedom to make subject access requests after allegations surfaced that NatWest bank shared Nigel Farage's financial information with the BBC.
The ICO has announced that it will be making enquiries regarding the recent launch of WorldCoin in the UK to ensure that organisations are complying with data protection laws.
The ICO has the power to fine organisations making nuisance calls, texts and emails up to £500,000 and has fined companies more than £2.44 million since April 2022 in response to complaints from the public.
The ICO and the CMA have called for organisations, web designers and developers to stop using design practices that undermine user control of personal information, such as cookie consent banners, or risk enforcement action.
The Information Commissioner's Office reprimanded two Northern Irish organisations for inappropriately disclosing personal information via email, emphasizing the need for proper staff training and internal systems to keep data secure.
NHS Lanarkshire was issued a reprimand for failing to take adequate measures to secure the patient data of 26 staff shared over 500 times on an unapproved WhatsApp group, resulting in it being inappropriately disclosed to an unauthorized individual.
The ICO is assessing how Meta's plans for behavioural advertising in the EU, to the exclusion of the UK, will affect people's data protection rights in the UK.