About the ICO News and events News, blogs and speeches 218 in total Council employee fined £400 for illegally deleted audio file 13 March 2020, News A council employee has been fined £400 for an offence under the Freedom of Information (FOI) regulations. International airline fined £500,000 for failing to secure its customers’ personal data 04 March 2020, News The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Cathay Pacific Airways Limited £500,000 for failing to protect the security of its customers’ personal data. Scottish company hit with maximum fine for making nearly 200 million nuisance calls 02 March 2020, News The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined CRDNN Limited with the maximum £500,000 fine for making more than 193 million automated nuisance calls. ICO Codes of Conduct and Certification schemes open for business 28 February 2020, News Two key services to help organisations show accountability under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) are up and running. ICO celebrates excellence in data protection with third annual award for practitioners 04 February 2020, News The Information Commissioner is looking for data protection practitioners who have made an outstanding impact within their organisation. Data Protection Day 2020 28 January 2020, News The ICO is marking this year’s annual Data Protection Day by highlighting data sharing resources and guidance. ICO launches latest phase of privacy innovation grants programme 28 January 2020, News Applications are now open for the third round of funding from the Information Commissioner’s Office’s (ICO) grants programme. The scheme, which began in 2017, supports privacy and data… ICO publishes Code of Practice to protect children’s privacy online 21 January 2020, News Today the Information Commissioner’s Office has published its final Age Appropriate Design Code – a set of 15 standards that online services should meet to protect children’s privacy. ICO yn cyhoeddi Cod Ymarfer i ddiogelu preifatrwydd plant ar-lein 21 January 2020, News Heddiw, mae Swyddfa'r Comisiynydd Gwybodaeth wedi cyhoeddi ei Chod Dylunio Oed-briodol – sef set o 15 o safonau y dylai gwasanaethau ar-lein eu bodloni i ddiogelu preifatrwydd plant. National retailer fined half a million pounds for failing to secure information of at least 14 million people 09 January 2020, News The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined DSG Retail Limited (DSG) £500,000 after a ‘point of sale’ computer system was compromised as a result of a cyber-attack, affecting at least 14 million people. London pharmacy fined after “careless” storage of patient data 20 December 2019, News The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined a London-based pharmacy £275,000 for failing to ensure the security of special category data. ICO Deputy Commissioner appointed OECD working party chair 27 November 2019, News The ICO’s Steve Wood has been appointed as chair of the OECD’s Working Party on Data Governance and Privacy. ICO submits Age Appropriate Design Code of Practice to government 22 November 2019, News The Information Commissioner has today (Friday 22 November) submitted the final version of the Age Appropriate Design Code of Practice to the Secretary of State in accordance with the statutory deadline. ICO raids business suspected of illegal pension cold calls 03 October 2019, News The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) searched a business premises in Chichester today as part of an investigation into the making of nuisance calls related to pensions. Dirwy a hysbysiad gorfodi i Superior Style Home Improvements 18 September 2019, News Mae Swyddfa’r Comisiynydd Gwybodaeth (ICO) wedi rhoi dirwy o £150,000 i gwmni ffenestri dwbl o Abertawe am wneud galwadau niwsans. Superior Style Home Improvements fined and issued with enforcement notice 17 September 2019, News The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined a Swansea double-glazing company £150,000 for making nuisance calls. SMOs must “prepare for all scenarios” to maintain data flows when UK leaves the EU 11 September 2019, News The ICO has urged businesses to “prepare for all scenarios” as it publishes dedicated guidance to help small and medium sized organisations prepare for the possibility that the UK leaves the European Union with no deal. ICO joins international signatories in raising Libra data protection concerns 05 August 2019, News The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has joined data protection authorities around the world in raising common data protection concerns about the proposed Libra digital currency and infrastructure. ICO fines boiler replacement company for thousands of nuisance calls made to TPS subscribers 02 August 2019, News Making it Easy Ltd has been fined £160,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for making spam calls to people registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS). ICO selects first participants for data protection Sandbox 29 July 2019, News The use of biometrics to speed up airport passenger journeys, innovations in crime prevention and technological advances in the health sector are among the first projects selected to take part in the ICO Sandbox. Estate agency fined £80,000 for failing to keep tenants’ data safe 19 July 2019, News The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined a London estate agency £80,000 for leaving 18,610 customers' personal data exposed for almost two years. Former motor industry worker ordered to pay £25,500 from proceeds of data theft 17 July 2019, News A motor industry employee who was sentenced to six months in prison in November 2018 for accessing personal data without permission, has been ordered to pay a £25,500 confiscation order in a case brought by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). ICO publishes annual report covering an ‘unprecedented’ year 09 July 2019, News The public has woken up to the potential of their personal data, the Information Commissioner has said as the ICO’s annual report for 2018-19 was published today. Intention to fine Marriott International, Inc more than £99 million under GDPR for data breach 09 July 2019, News Statement in response to Marriott International, Inc’s filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission that the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) intends to fine it for breaches of data protection law. Intention to fine British Airways £183.39m under GDPR for data breach 08 July 2019, News Statement in response to an announcement to the London Stock Exchange that the ICO intends to fine British Airways for breaches of data protection law. Following an extensive investigation… Loading results More