News for GDPR
- Providing practical data protection guidance to the media sectoron October 13, 2021 at 9:03 am
Freedom of expression and freedom of information play a vital role in our democracy. Trust in our democratic system relies on people to ask questions of public bodies who operate on their behalf, to understand and scrutinise the decisions of local and national government.
- ICO response to DCMS consultation “Data: a new direction”on October 7, 2021 at 9:00 am
Foreword from Elizabeth Denham CBE, UK Information Commissioner The opportunity to reflect on and review the UK data protection legal framework and regulatory regime is a welcome one. Three years have passed since the introduction of the Data Protection Act 2018, and the pace and scale of…
- Statement on mandatory vaccination and COVID status check schemes ahead of their introduction in Scotland and Waleson September 29, 2021 at 11:39 am
Ahead of the introduction of mandatory vaccination and COVID status checks in Scotland and Wales, the UK Information Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, said:
- Statement in response to use of ICO corporate charge cardon September 27, 2021 at 1:59 pm
An ICO spokesperson said: "An independent internal investigation, commissioned by the ICO in February, confirmed that a single payment of £6248.40 was made on an ICO corporate charge card in December 2020 for identical £24.60 gifts for 254 members of ICO staff.
- International progress for domestic benefit: why the ICO convened a G7 meeting on data flowson September 20, 2021 at 2:54 pm
A blog by Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham.