About the ICO/ Media centre/ News and blogs News, blogs and speeches 94 in total ICO and Personal Information Protection Commission, South Korea, sign Memorandum of Understanding 05 July 2022, News The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and the South Korean Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) have a strong relationship which recognises their shared common mission to uphold people’s information rights, while supporting digital innovation and economic development. ICO sets out revised approach to public sector enforcement 30 June 2022, News The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has today set out a revised approach to working more effectively with public authorities. International data protection and privacy authorities provide guidance against the threat of credential stuffing attacks 28 June 2022, News Latest report from international data protection and privacy authorities has identified credential stuffing as a significant and growing cyber threat to personal information. Information Commissioner calls for an end to the excessive collection of personal information from victims of rape and serious sexual assault 31 May 2022, News The UK Information Commissioner has called on the criminal justice sector to immediately stop collecting excessive amounts of personal information from victims of rape and serious sexual assault cases. ICO fines facial recognition database company Clearview AI Inc more than £7.5m and orders UK data to be deleted 23 May 2022, News The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Clearview AI Inc £7,552,800 for using images of people in the UK, and elsewhere, that were collected from the web and social media to create a global online database that could be used for facial recognition. ICO fines company for sending thousands of spam text messages during the pandemic 31 March 2022, News The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined H&L Business Consulting Ltd £80,000 for sending hundreds of thousands of text messages to people who had not consented to receive them. ICO takes action against companies over predatory marketing calls targeting elderly, vulnerable people 15 March 2022, News The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) today announced fines totalling £405,000 to five companies responsible for over 750,000 unwanted marketing calls targeted at older, vulnerable people. ICO reprimands Scottish Government over need to be upfront about NHS Scotland COVID Status app’s use of people’s details 25 February 2022, News The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a reprimand to the Scottish Government and NHS National Services Scotland over both organisations failure to provide people with clear information about how their personal information - including sensitive health data – is being used by the NHS Scotland COVID Status app. One month to go: have your say on how the ICO uses its powers to investigate, regulate and enforce 18 February 2022, News The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is seeking the views of stakeholders and the public on how it regulates the laws it monitors and enforces. Dirwy o £200,000 i gwmni Cymreig am wneud galwadau marchnata niwsans 02 February 2022, News Mae Swyddfa’r Comisiynydd Gwybodaeth (ICO) wedi rhoi dirwy o £200,000 i gwmni gwella cartrefi am wneud mwy na hanner miliwn o alwadau marchnata digroeso. Welsh company fined £200,000 for making nuisance marketing calls 02 February 2022, News The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined a home improvement firm £200,000 for making more than half a million unsolicited marketing calls. ICO consults health organisations to shape thinking on privacy-enhancing technologies 02 February 2022, News The ICO is inviting organisations in the health sector to participate in workshops on privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs). Your views matter: Information Commissioner to conduct major listening exercise 28 January 2022, News Newly appointed Information Commissioner John Edwards has announced a major listening exercise to hear direct from businesses, organisations and people about their experiences of working with the ICO. New UK Information Commissioner begins term 04 January 2022, News John Edwards begins his new role as UK Information Commissioner today (Tuesday 4 January). ICO and NHS Test and Trace agree data protection improvements following consensual audit 21 December 2021, News, Central government The ICO has issued NHS Test and Trace with recommendations to strengthen the protection of people’s personal data, so it can continue to play a vital role in tackling the pandemic. ICO invites comments on how it uses its powers to investigate, regulate and enforce 20 December 2021, News The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has launched a consultation to gather the views of stakeholders and the public on how it regulates the laws it monitors and enforces. Cabinet Office fined £500,000 for New Year Honours data breach 02 December 2021, News The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined the Cabinet Office £500,000 for disclosing postal addresses of the 2020 New Year Honours recipients online. ICO issues its largest fine to tackle illegal pension cold calls 01 December 2021, News The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined EB Associates Group Limited £140,000 for instigating over 107,000 illegal cold calls to people about pensions. ICO issues provisional view to fine Clearview AI Inc over £17 million 29 November 2021, News The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has today announced its provisional intent to impose a potential fine of just over £17 million on Clearview AI Inc – a company that describes itself as the ‘World’s Largest Facial Network’. ICO calls on Google and other companies to eliminate existing privacy risks posed by adtech industry 25 November 2021, News The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has today set out clear data protection standards that companies must meet to safeguard people’s privacy online when developing new advertising technologies (adtech). Letter to 5Rights Foundation in response to the charity’s research into systemic breaches of the Age Appropriate Design Code (Children’s code) 17 November 2021, News Letter to 5Rights Foundations in response to the charity’s research into common breaches of the Age Appropriate Design Code (Children’s code) ICO warning after Scottish charity reveals personal data in email error 22 October 2021, News The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is urging organisations to revisit their bulk email practices after failures by HIV Scotland led to a £10,000 fine. ICO response to DCMS consultation “Data: a new direction” 07 October 2021, News Foreword from Elizabeth Denham CBE, UK Information Commissioner The opportunity to reflect on and review the UK data protection legal framework and regulatory regime is a welcome one. Three… We Buy Any Car, Sports Direct and Saga fined £495,000 after sending millions of ‘frustrating and intrusive’ nuisance messages. 15 September 2021, News The ICO has today announced fines totalling £495,000 to well-known companies that between them sent more than 354 million nuisance messages. G7 data protection and privacy authorities’ meeting: communiqué 09 September 2021, News The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) brought together data protection and privacy authorities from G7 countries, as well as guests from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the World Economic Forum (WEF), for a discussion this week on shared emerging challenges that need closer international collaboration. Loading results More