T he 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 […]

The Information Commissionerâ€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. Original article […]

Simon McDougall, Executive Director for Technology Policy and Innovation, invites comment from organisations on the development of an auditing framework for AI. Original article here

Employees could face a criminal prosecution if they access or share personal data without a valid reason, the Information Commissionerâ€s Office has warned. Original article here

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 […]

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 […]

Can your business handle subject access requests and identify and respond to breaches? The ICO thinks many businesses don’t have processes in place: […] Whilst there were examples of good […]

 An ICO spokesperson said: Original article here

Investigations by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) into nuisance marketing have resulted in 16 company directors being banned from running a company for more than 100 years in total. Original […]

A former senior local government officer has been prosecuted for passing the personal information of rival job applicants to his partner. Original article here