About the ICO News and events News, blogs and speeches 419 in total BT fined £77,000 by the ICO for five million spam emails 20 June 2018, News British Telecommunications plc (BT) has been fined £77,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office after it sent nearly five million nuisance emails to customers. Gloucestershire Police fined for revealing identities of abuse victims in bulk email 13 June 2018, News Gloucestershire Police has been fined £80,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after sending a bulk email that identified victims of non-recent child abuse. ICO statement in response to Dixons Carphone breach announcement 13 June 2018, Statement ICO statement in response to Dixons Carphone breach announcement. Yahoo! fined £250,000 after systemic failures put customer data at risk 12 June 2018, News Yahoo! UK Services Limited has been fined £250,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) following a cyber-attack in November 2014. Standing up for the data rights of our citizens - ICO fines Yahoo! UK Services Limited £250,000 after it failed to protect customers’ personal data 12 June 2018, Blog James Dipple-Johnstone, ICO Deputy Commissioner of Operations, says that while data protection law might now have changed, the case still provides important lessons for organisations in terms of protecting the public’s personal information and their legal rights. Statement in response to publication of the Royal Free audit report 12 June 2018, Statement Statement from Steve Wood, Deputy Commissioner (Policy). Bible Society fined £100,000 after security failings put supporters’ personal data at risk 08 June 2018, News The British and Foreign Bible Society, based in Swindon, has been fined £100,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office, after their computer network was compromised as the result of a cyber-attack in 2016. Consumer data: Statement in response to Which? report 05 June 2018, News Statement from Steve Wood, Deputy Commissioner (Policy) at the ICO, in response to the launch of a report by Which? called Control, Alt or Delete? The future of consumer data. Statement in response to new plans for nuisance call directors to face fines 30 May 2018, Statement Statement from Steve Wood, Deputy Commissioner (Policy), in response to Government plans to introduce fines for company directors heading up nuisance call firms. New data protection laws put people first 25 May 2018, News Today (25 May) marks the biggest change to UK data protection law in a generation. Beyond 2018 – data protection laws built to last 23 May 2018, Blog Elizabeth Denham welcomes the new Data Protection Act 2018 alongside the GDPR. Organisations and data protection professionals could use this as an introduction to the new Act. Former recruitment consultant prosecuted for stealing personal data from his old employer 21 May 2018, News A former recruitment consultant has been fined for unlawfully taking personal data from his employer when he left his job to set up his own rival business. The University of Greenwich fined £120,000 by Information Commissioner for “serious” security breach 21 May 2018, News The University of Greenwich has been fined £120,000 by the Information Commissioner following a “serious” security breach involving the personal data of nearly 20,000 people - among them students and staff. CPS fined £325,000 after losing victim interview videos 17 May 2018, News The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has been fined £325,000 by the ICO after they lost unencrypted DVDs containing recordings of police interviews. Blog: facial recognition technology 14 May 2018, Blog Blog: raising the bar - consent under GDPR 09 May 2018, Blog ICO serves Enforcement Notice on SCL Elections Ltd over inadequate response to subject access request 05 May 2018, News The ICO has served a legal notice on SCL Elections Ltd ordering it give an academic all the personal information the company holds about him. Blog: new regulatory powers for the digital age 04 May 2018, Blog ICO consults on how it will use increased powers under upcoming data protection reform 04 May 2018, News The Information Commissioner’s Office has launched a consultation to gather the views of stakeholders and the public on the way it plans to regulate new data protection laws. ICO statement: investigation into data analytics for political purposes 02 May 2018, Statement UPDATE: Wednesday 2 May 2018, 9:00pm An ICO spokesperson said : "The ICO has been investigating the SCL Group and Cambridge Analytica as part of a wider investigation into the use of… Stockport firms fined for nuisance calls and spam texts 01 May 2018, News The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined two firms in Stockport for disrupting the public with nuisance marketing. Former hospital worker prosecuted for inappropriately accessing patient records 23 April 2018, News A former employee of a Milton Keynes hospital trust has been prosecuted for accessing patient records without authorisation. West Yorkshire firms fined for nuisance calls to TPS subscribers 18 April 2018, News Two firms in West Yorkshire have been fined by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for calling people registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS). IAPP Europe Data Protection Intensive 2018 18 April 2018, Speech Elizabeth Denham's keynote speech at the IAPP Europe Data Protection Intensive 2018, London, 18 April 2018. Kensington and Chelsea Council fined for identifying owners of unoccupied properties in FOI response 16 April 2018, News The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has been fined £120,000 by the Information ICO after it unlawfully identified 943 people who owned vacant properties in the borough. Loading results More