Laura Cook and Melanie Carter consider the Information Commissioner's Office’s (ICO’s) recent enforcement notice, issued against Serco Leisure, and its newly published guidance on the use of biometric data. Read more
Castle Point Borough Council was entitled not to confirm or deny whether it held information requested by a former leader via the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), the First Tier Tribunal has concluded.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published new data protection fining guidance, setting out how it decides to issue penalties and calculate fines.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued reprimands to Dover Harbour Board and Kent Police after officers from both organisations used WhatsApp and instant-messaging service ‘Telegram’ on their personal phones to share information for the purpose of combatting vehicle crime.
The Information Commissioner, John Edwards, has written an open letter to public organisations to remind them that “transparency is essential” and resources must be dedicated to access to information.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a reprimand to West Midlands Police (WMP) after the force “repeatedly” mixed up two people’s personal information.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has launched a survey of people with experience of the care system in the UK asking them to share the challenges they have faced when accessing their care records from organisations.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published guidance on compliance with data protection law for all organisations that are considering using people’s biometric data.
A member of staff at Stratford-on-Avon District Council took around 79,000 email addresses from its garden waste collection database with a view to promoting a business not related to the council, an investigation into the data breach has revealed.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has approved a certification scheme designed to help legal service providers demonstrate compliance with UK data protection law when processing clients' personal data.
The Court of Appeal has found the practice of Government departments redacting the names of junior civil servants when disclosed is "inimical to open government" and does not fulfil the duty of candour.
2024 is going to be the year of AI regulation. As the impact of AI increases in our daily lives, governments and regulatory bodies globally are grappling with the need to establish clear guidelines and standards for its responsible use. Ibrahim Hasan looks at the latest developments.
In October last year, the Court of Appeal handed down a ruling providing some helpful clarity on the Information Commissioner’s responsibilities vis-á-vis the handling of complaints lodged by data subjects, writes Lucy Jones.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published new guidance for employers on monitoring workers. This includes some useful commentary on lawful monitoring in the context of recent developments to working practices, including the rise in homeworking and the increased use of more advanced monitoring technology in the workplace, write Rachel Barnet and Hannah Pettit.
“Exemption means Exemption” doesn’t cut it for the Court of Appeal: aggregation of exemptions is permitted under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Ben Mitchell analyses a significant ruling.
Philip Coppel KC sets out the key findings from a Court of Appeal ruling on the UK Information Commissioner's responsibilities when a data subject lodges a complaint that a data controller has infringed data protection law.
FOI enforcement is a priority for the Information Commissioners Office. Ben Pumphrey and Alastair Turnbull examine the core duties of public bodies and the exemptions that exist.
In recent news there have been reports of personal data breaches that have resulted from the release of information in response to a freedom of information request. Charlotte Smith looks at the issues involved.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued reprimands to Dorset Police and Devon and Cornwall Police over their failure to respond to a “large number” of subject access requests (SARs) within the legislative timeframe.
The Information Commissioner’s Office has launched a “myth-busting campaign” to demonstrate how data protection law can help social services providers to share personal information when required to safeguard children and young people.
The First Tier Tribunal has heard a Freedom of Information (FOI) appeal over the refusal from police forces to release anonymised data relating to the controversial anti-terrorism programme Prevent.
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has launched a consultation series on generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), examining how aspects of data protection law should apply to the development and use of the technology.
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has told Nottingham Council to publish a financial report commissioned from audting firm EY, after the watchdog concluded that "very unusual circumstances" created a need for transparency and accountability regarding the council's financial governance.
The new Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner, Tony Eastaugh CBE, has said he will work with stakeholders to explore how the commissioner's current responsibilities can be preserved amid a plan to heavily restructure the position, which could come as soon as spring 2024.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is to seek permission to appeal to the Supreme Court in a dispute over the aggregation of public interest factors for and against disclosure when applying exemptions under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
The Information Commissioner’s Office has today (20 December) issued an enforcement notice to Greater Manchester Police (GMP) for “repeated failures” to respond to Freedom of Information Act requests.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has reprimanded a multi academy trust after an unauthorised third party utilised “compromised credentials” to access and encrypt its systems.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a reminder to housing organisations of their obligations under data protection law, and sought to “bust some data sharing myths” that might mistakenly prevent them from safeguarding their residents.
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal over a High Court decision that the Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames had not committed contempt of court when it failed comply with a decision of the First-Tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber).
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has reprimanded Charnwood Borough Council after the local authority disclosed the new address of a data subject to an ex-partner who was an alleged perpetrator of domestic abuse.
Whitehall departments cannot routinely redact the names of junior civil servants when documents are disclosed, Mr Justice Swift has ruled in the High Court.
Data protection concerns have been raised after a councillor mass emailed more than 19,000 of his peers across the country to ask them to sign a public letter calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Law reform charity Justice has intervened on what it called a “principle of open justice”, to allege the Government wanted blanket anonymity for civil servants deemed ‘junior’ in documents disclosed in judicial review proceedings.
Southend-on-Sea City Council has referred itself to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) following a data breach involving information relating to staff and some elected councillors.
Bristol City Council’s elected mayor Marvin Rees is entitled to keep confidential certain declarations of interest regarding land and property he owns.
The Court of Appeal has handed down its ruling in a long-running dispute over the UK Information Commissioner's responsibilities when a data subject lodges a complaint that a data controller has infringed data protection law.
Lawyers in Local Government (LLG) and the Association of Democratic Services Officers (ADSO) have said they are “profoundly disappointed” after the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) found their freedom of information (FOI) request asking for all information received with the responses to the Government’s call for evidence on remote meetings to be “vexatious”.
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has published new guidance on how organisations can lawfully monitor their employees under data protection laws.
The Information Commissioner, John Edwards, has issued an advisory notice to public authorities calling for an immediate end to the use of original source excel spreadsheets when responding publicly to Freedom of Information Act (FOI) requests.
The Information Commissioner has called on organisations to handle personal information responsibly after the watchdog revealed that it had reprimanded seven organisations, including two councils, in the last 15 months over data breaches affecting victims of domestic abuse.
The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued new guidance after reprimanding a school. Is your school in compliance with data protection law? Vicki Bowles looks at the key issues.
A claimant recently won a High Court damages claim against a London borough for misuse of personal data, with the council ordered to pay £6,000 in damages. Ibrahim Hasan explains why.
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has given its view on the use of CCTV by those receiving care and support and their families. Lorna Kenyon-Pain examines its conclusions.
Robin Hopkins looks at an Austrian case that considered whether there was a threshold of seriousness for entitlement to compensation for data protection infringements.
Ibrahim Hasan looks at the lessons to be learned from Experian’s successful appeal against an enforcement notice issued by the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Ibrahim Hasan looks at the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) approach to individuals who seek to access/steal data from their employers for personal gain, and the implications for those employers.
The use of Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) has recently come under scrutiny by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) following the use of FRT in a school. Faizah Patel and Zena Stephenson look at the key issues.
Ibrahim Hasan looks at the practical steps public sector organisations can take to ensure they are using AI lawfully from a data protection perspective.
Last week, the Department for Education received a formal reprimand from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) over a “serious breach” of the GDPR involving the unauthorised sharing of up to 28 million children’s personal data. But the Department has avoided a fine, despite a finding of “woeful” data protection practices. Ibrahim Hasan reports.
The Information Commissioner’s Officer recently took action against a range of public bodies over subject access delays. Ibrahim Hasan looks at the watchdog’s approach.
Paul Wainwright explores recent experience and seeks to navigate through the latest Government policy reviews around cybercrime and offer some insight into the way public sector organisations should be thinking when addressing these issues.