About the ICO News and events News, blogs and speeches 317 in total ICO fines funeral plan firm and asks public to help elderly relatives to report nuisance calls 16 April 2019, News, General business The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) wants people to support their elderly relatives or neighbours if they are receiving nuisance marketing calls. Blog: Children’s privacy – new standards for online services will help protect children 12 April 2019, Blog ICO launches consultation on Code of Practice to help protect children online 12 April 2019, News Today the Information Commissioner’s Office opens consultation on 16 standards that online services must meet to protect children’s privacy. Age appropriate design: a code of practice for online… Automated Decision Making: the role of meaningful human reviews (hosted on Blogger) 12 April 2019, Blog In the first detailed element of our AI framework blog series, Reuben Binns, our Research Fellow in AI, and Valeria Gallo, Technology Policy Adviser, explore how organisations can ensure ‘meaningful’ human involvement to make sure AI decisions are not classified as solely automated by mistake. Bounty UK fined £400,000 for sharing personal data unlawfully 12 April 2019, News The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Bounty (UK) Limited £400,000 for illegally sharing personal information belonging to more than 14 million people. Blog: Data Protection law does not prevent information sharing to save lives and stop crime 12 April 2019, Blog Steve Wood reminds public and private organisations that new data protection legislation does not stop them from disclosing personal data to assist police forces or other law enforcement authorities. ICO fines production company £120,000 for unlawful filming in maternity clinic 10 April 2019, News A television production company which unfairly and unlawfully filmed patients at a maternity clinic has been fined £120,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). ICO announces winner of Data Protection Officer of the Year awarded for Excellence in Data Protection 08 April 2019, News Recognising the increasingly vital role played by professionals working in the sector, the second ICO Practitioner Award for Excellence in Data Protection was presented to Mikko Niva, Group Policy Officer at Vodafone Group Services Ltd based in London. Data Protection Practitioners' Conference 2019 08 April 2019, Speech Elizabeth Denham’s speech at the Data Protection Practitioners' Conference on 8 April 2019. ICO response to government’s Online Harms White Paper 08 April 2019, Statement The proposals reflect people’s growing mistrust of social media and online services Former NHS manager fined for sending personal data to her email account 05 April 2019, News A former GP practice manager has been fined for sending personal data to her own email account without authorisation, following an investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). Protecting the data rights of homeless people among new projects supported by the ICO Grants Programme 05 April 2019, News Projects supporting the privacy of homeless people and issues around the use of genomic information in healthcare are among the latest recipients of funding from the ICO Grants Programme. London council fined by the ICO for disclosing sensitive personal data about alleged gang members 04 April 2019, News The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined the London Borough of Newham £145,000 for disclosing the personal information of more than 200 people who featured on a police intelligence database. Statement on Mark Zuckerberg opinion piece 01 April 2019, Statement In an opinion piece published on Saturday 30 March in The Washington Post, Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg called for more regulation of the internet. He said there are four areas where more oversight is necessary: harmful content, election integrity, privacy and data portability. ICO opens Sandbox beta phase to enhance data protection and support innovation 29 March 2019, News The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has opened the beta phase of its Sandbox, a new service designed to support organisations using personal data to develop products and services that are innovative and have demonstrable public benefit. An overview of the Auditing Framework for Artificial Intelligence and its core components 26 March 2019, Blog Reuben Binns, our Research Fellow in AI, and Valeria Gallo, ICO Technology Policy Advisor, outline the proposed structure, core components and areas of focus of the ICO ’s new auditing framework for artificial intelligence (AI). ICO fines Kent pensions company for sending nearly 2 million spam emails 26 March 2019, News A Kent pensions company which relied on 'misleading' professional advice has been fined £40,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office for being responsible for sending nearly two million direct marketing emails without consent. ICO fines Vote Leave £40,000 for sending unlawful text messages 19 March 2019, News The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Vote Leave Limited £40,000 for sending out thousands of unsolicited text messages in the run up to the 2016 EU referendum. The ICIC adopts Johannesburg Charter 18 March 2019, Blog The ICIC is the International Conference of Information Commissioners. The Conference was first held in 2003 when Information Commissioners and Ombudsmen met for the first time in Berlin to adopt a declaration for further cooperation and experience sharing among regulatory authorities charged with overseeing the access to public information. A call for participation: Building the ICO’s auditing framework for Artificial Intelligence 18 March 2019, Blog Simon McDougall, Executive Director for Technology Policy and Innovation, invites comment from organisations on the development of an auditing framework for AI. Two Birmingham workers fined for data protection breaches 18 March 2019, News Employees could face a criminal prosecution if they access or share personal data without a valid reason, the Information Commissioner’s Office has warned. ICO raids businesses in Brighton and Birmingham suspected of making millions of nuisance calls 12 March 2019, News The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has searched two addresses as part of an investigation into businesses suspected of making live and automated nuisance calls. Following a year-long… International Conference of Information Commissioners 2019 11 March 2019, Speech Information Commissioner and Chairperson of the ICIC Governance Group, Elizabeth Denham, makes the opening address of the International Conference of Information Commissioners (ICIC). Blog: Adtech fact finding forum shows consensus on need for change 07 March 2019, Blog There’s a well-quoted line from Steve Jobs, that as Apple CEO he didn’t employ smart people to tell them what to do, but so that they could tell him what to do. Blog: Why the right of access to patient data needn’t be a headache for GPs 07 March 2019, Blog A patient’s right to access their own medical records from their GP is a long-established principle supported and strengthened by data protection law, most recently the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Loading results More