The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Facebook £500,000 for serious breaches of data protection law.
Link: ICO issues maximum £500,000 fine to Facebook for failing to protect users’ personal information
Source: ICO .org.uk
ICO issues
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has confirmed
Link: ICO issues
Source: ICO .org.uk
UK Information Commissioner elected chair of the International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners
Elizabeth Denham, the UK’s Information Commissioner, has today been elected Chair of the International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners (ICDPPC).
Link: UK Information Commissioner elected chair of the International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners
Source: ICO .org.uk
Elizabeth Denham announced as the new chair of the International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners (ICDPPC)
Elizabeth Denham was announced as the new chair of the International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners (ICDPPC) on 23 October 2018.
Link: Elizabeth Denham announced as the new chair of the International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners (ICDPPC)
Source: ICO .org.uk
ICO welcomes Government’s early signing of the modernised Convention 108
Today, a modernised version of the Council of Europe’s Convention 108 opens for signature in Strasbourg and the ICO is delighted that the UK Government is among the very first signatories.
Link: ICO welcomes Government’s early signing of the modernised Convention 108
Source: ICO .org.uk
New data protection self-assessment checklist for sole traders
The ICO has today launched a self-assessment checklist that will help sole traders and self-employed individuals to assess their compliance with new data protection laws.
Link: New data protection self-assessment checklist for sole traders
Source: ICO .org.uk
ICO fines firm £90,000 for nuisance emails about pre-paid funeral plans
The Information Commissioner has fined London-based marketing company, Boost Finance Ltd (BFL), a company responsible for millions of nuisance emails about pre-paid funeral plans.
Link: ICO fines firm £90,000 for nuisance emails about pre-paid funeral plans
Source: ICO .org.uk
Heathrow Airport Limited fined £120,000 for serious failings in its data protection practices
Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) has been fined £120,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for failing to ensure that the personal data held on its network was properly secured.
Link: Heathrow Airport Limited fined £120,000 for serious failings in its data protection practices
Source: ICO .org.uk
New ICO hub to support innovation
The ICO has been awarded funding to provide data privacy expertise to other UK regulators to ensure rules and regulations keep pace with technologies of the future.
Link: New ICO hub to support innovation
Source: ICO .org.uk
Meet the new ICO Director Strategic Policy (International)
Anneke Schmider has been recently appointed to the new role Director of Strategic Policy (International) at the ICO.
Link: Meet the new ICO Director Strategic Policy (International)
Source: ICO .org.uk