ICO

Data Privacy Complaints Soar As Breaches Rise

“Protect our data” demand consumers, as the ICO watchdog receives record number of complaints

9 years ago

DCMS Assumes Data Protection Policy Responsibility And ICO Sponsorship

Responsibility and oversight for privacy protection moves from the Ministry of justice to the Departmen for Culture, Media and Sport

9 years ago

ICO Finds Reports Of Nuisance Calls And Texts Up 12 Percent

ICO annual report also highlights prosecutions following serious cases of customer data breaches by TfL employees and businesses

9 years ago

Camden Council’s Cloud Plans Face Three Distinct Barriers

Cloud World Forum: What does the government look like in the cloud?

9 years ago

FoI Requests Show Businesses Are Vastly Under-Reporting Stolen Devices To The ICO

Freedom of Information (FoI) requests submitted to ICO and UK police show just 1 in 10 stolen devices with personal…

10 years ago

ICO Fines South Wales Police Over Sex Abuse Evidence Loss

DVDs containing an interview with a victim went missing from a desk, and the loss was unreported for two years

10 years ago

TalkTalk Admits Customer Account Data Breach

TalkTalk says small but significant number of customers are affected but stresses no payment details have been stolen

10 years ago

Google To Change Privacy Policy, ICO Confirms

Google agrees to alter its UK privacy policy after escaping a fine by Information Commissioner

10 years ago

Footwear Retailer Escapes Fine For Customer Data Breach

The ICO has given shoe retailer Office a warning over last year's security incident, but stopped short of a fine

10 years ago

Human Error Blamed For Increasing Number Of Data Breaches

ICO figures obtained in a FoI reveal that humans not machines are responsible for 93 percent of data breaches

10 years ago

Hackers ‘Spying On British Webcams And Baby Monitors’

ICO warns on Russian-based website showing live feeds from around the world, and urges consumers to set up password protection

10 years ago