In a significant step, the Bank of England and HM Treasury have declared that it is "likely" that a digital pound—the catchy moniker for...

In the first few weeks of 2023, the ICO has continued to espouse its commitment to exercising its full spectrum of enforcement powers....

Handling ransom demands (and whether it possible and/or desirable to pay) is one of the most critical aspects of managing a cyber attack....

The use of large third-party datasets in the development of AI models has been a contentious issue for some time now.  In the latest...

The ICO is encouraging developers to consider privacy at an early stage when implementing new technologies and, in its first annual...

The Senior Managers and Certification Regime or 'SM&CR', a regulatory lever which seeks to foster greater individual accountability...

The ICO has warned organisations to carefully assess the risks if considering using emotion analysis technologies as they will be...

The ICO has published new AI guidance, setting out its top tips on how to use AI and personal data appropriately and lawfully. It can...

This morning, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) announced that it had fined Interserve Group Limited (Interserve) £4,400,000...

In early October 2022, UK catalogue retailer Easylife was issued separate financial penalties by the ICO under the PECR (£130,000) and...

On 28 September, the ICO announced it had issued reprimands to seven organisations for repeatedly failing to respond to data subject...

On Friday 7 October, US president Biden signed an Executive Order which, alongside the regulations issued by the Attorney General,...

Ransomware attacks are on the rise, and more organisations have been paying the ransoms in recent months. In light of this, the ICO and...

The UK government has published its response to the 2021 Data: a new direction consultation (which we discussed in our September blog),...

The ICO made headlines this week when it announced its third largest GDPR-era fine to date, over £7.55m, against the controversial...

The two latest fines issued by the ICO to Royal Mail and Reed Online for breaches of the direct marketing rules contained in PECR reflect...