ICO and stakeholder consultations

Your views matter: ICO listening exercise

01 May 2022, ICO consultation, Closed

We are running a major listening exercise to hear direct from businesses, organisations and people about their experiences of working with the ICO. The exercise includes this survey, as well as a…

Call for views: data security incident trends

30 April 2022, ICO consultation, Closed

The ICO is committed to the principles of open data, and recognises the value of making data that we collect and create available to the public where possible. This also helps us to comply with our obligations under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), and deliver wider benefits to society as envisaged in the National Data Strategy .

ICO consultation on draft guidance for the research provisions within the UK GDPR and the DPA 2018

22 April 2022, ICO consultation, Closed

We are seeking feedback on the draft guidance on the research provisions in the UK GDPR and the DPA 2018 . Data protection law contains a number of provisions for processing personal data for…

ICO consultation on the draft Regulatory Action Policy; statutory guidance on our regulatory action; and statutory guidance on our PECR powers

24 March 2022, ICO consultation, Closed

The Information Commissioner is seeking feedback on their: Regulatory Action Policy Statutory Guidance on our Regulatory Action ; and Statutory Guidance on our PECR Powers . …

ICO consultation on the draft right of access for competent authorities guidance

11 March 2022, ICO consultation, Closed

The right of access in Part 3 of the Data Protection Act 2018 is a fundamental right that applies to competent authorities . It is more commonly known as the right to make a subject access request.…

ICO consultation on the draft journalism code of practice

24 January 2022, ICO consultation, Closed

We are seeking feedback on the draft journalism code of practice about processing personal data for the purposes of journalism. This is a statutory code under section 124 of the Data Protection Act 2018.

Call for evidence on the use of age assurance

04 January 2022, ICO consultation, Closed

The Commissioner’s Opinion on Age Assurance for the Children’s code provides the ICO’s view on how the law applies and facilitates consistent, clear, predictable regulation to those who might seek…

Consultation on the ICO’s AI and data protection risk toolkit

01 December 2021, ICO consultation, Closed

The ICO is consulting on a beta version of its AI and data protection risk toolkit. This toolkit is designed to assist risk practitioners identify and mitigate risks to data protection that AI systems that process personal information create or exacerbate.

ICO call for views on employment practices

28 October 2021, ICO consultation, Closed

We previously published detailed employment practices guidance, including the employment practices code, supplementary guidance and the quick guide.

ICO call for views on incident reporting thresholds under NIS Regulations 2018

14 October 2021, ICO consultation, Closed

Currently, incident reporting thresholds for digital services providers are set out in the NIS Regulations 2018 and the European Commission Implementing Regulation 151/2018. The thresholds were…

ICO consults on how organisations can continue to protect people’s personal data when it’s transferred outside of the UK

11 October 2021, ICO consultation, Closed

We are seeking responses on our draft international data transfer agreement (IDTA) and guidance, which replace Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs). We recognise the importance of international…

ICO call for views: Anonymisation, pseudonymisation and privacy enhancing technologies guidance

28 May 2021, ICO consultation, Open

The ICO is calling for views on its updated draft guidance on anonymisation, pseudonymisation and privacy enhancing technologies. We are sharing our thinking in stages to ensure we gather as much feedback as possible to help refine and improve the final guidance, on which we will carry out a formal consultation.

Children’s Code: Transparency champions open call

30 April 2021, ICO consultation, Closed

The ICO Children’s Code team are launching an open call for transparency champions. We’d like to hear from online services, children’s rights advocates, designers, academics and anyone else working to deliver our vision to place the best interests of children at the heart of the online world.

ICO call for views: AI and data protection risk mitigation and management toolkit

19 April 2021, ICO consultation, Closed

The ICO is seeking views to help shape and improve our AI and data protection risk mitigation and management toolkit.

ICO consultation on the role of data ethics in complying with the GDPR

08 January 2021, ICO consultation, Closed

This consultation is part of a suite of resources where we are looking for a wide range of views from organisations and individuals, across all sectors and organisational sizes. We want to hear from…

ICO consultation on the draft Statutory guidance

12 November 2020, ICO consultation, Closed

We are running a consultation about an updated version of the Statutory guidance on how the ICO will exercise its data protection regulatory functions of information notices, assessment notices, enforcement notices and penalty notices.

ICO consultation on a package of support for the providers of online services likely to be accessed by children

27 March 2020, ICO consultation, Closed

The ICO has recently published the final version of its Age Appropriate Design Code – a code of practice for online services

ICO call for views on the processing of personal data relating to criminal convictions

13 March 2020, ICO consultation, Closed

Organisations may process personal data relating to criminal convictions and offences, or related security measures (Article 10 data), for many reasons. For example, to safeguard vulnerable individuals or children, assess people’s suitability for employment, or assess whether a person can access services such as housing or insurance. The processing of Article 10 data is governed by a complex legislative framework.