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ICO ICO’s Director of Investigations shares his predictions for 2020
It's not always easy to predict what's going to happen over the coming year! However, when it comes to what …
Podcast Is the ICO all carrot and no stick? Security Leaders discuss!
This week on the teiss Security Leaders’ Roundtable Podcast former CISO – Thom Langford, Founder, TL(2) Security, and Data Protection …
Human error Human error causes the FCA a privacy problem
The Financial Conduct Authority has reported itself to the Information Commissioner’s Office after it shared confidential customer information inadvertently on …
Breach ICO fines Dixons Carphone £500,000 for data breach
A British watchdog has fined DSG, a unit of retailer Dixons Carphone, half a million pounds for systemic failures in …
News Marriott International fined almost £100m by ICO for 2018 data breach
The Information Commissioner's Office has announced its decision to fine Marriott International almost £100 million for failing to prevent a …
News Less than 1% of data breach investigations by ICO resulted in monetary fines
The Information Commissioner's Office issued monetary fines in only 29 cases out of 11,468 data breach cases it investigated between …
News ICO says HMRC breached GDPR by collecting biometric voiceprints
The Information Commissioner's Office has found HMRC guilty of violating GDPR for collecting biometric voiceprints of over five million taxpayers …
News NCSC won’t share confidential information with the ICO without victims’ consent
In order to allay concerns of organisations that NCSC may share incriminating information with the ICO resulting in punitive action, …
News Information Commissioner asks Zuckerberg to review appeal against £500,000 fine
Soon after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg called for new regulations across the world to prevent the spread of harmful content, …
News ICO fines pensions company £40,000 for spamming citizens with 2m emails
In a reminder to organisations that contacting customers without obtaining their consent or spamming them with promotional offers could attract …
News ICO fines Vote Leave £40,000 for sending thousands of unsolicited political texts
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has issued a fine of £40,000 to Vote Leave for sending 196,154 text messages to …
News ICO reminds small businesses to pay data protection fee or risk being fined
The Information Commissioner's Office has issued a fresh advisory to all small businesses operating in the UK, asking them to …
