Sep 18, 2024 Cyber optics: ICO and NCA sign collaborative memorandum to improve the UK’s cyber resilience By Alex Buchanan On 10 September 2024, the ICO announced it had signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Crime Agency (“NCA”). The joint...
Aug 15, 2024 Process this: ICO issues £6 million provisional fine against processor Advanced Computer Software By Alex Buchanan Following its initial finding that software provider Advanced Computer Software Group Ltd (Advanced, now trading as OneAdvanced) failed...
Apr 16, 2024 New ICO fining guidance and an update on the ICO's enforcement approach By Alex Buchanan Richard Jeens The sheer number of cases facing potential enforcement coupled with the shifting versions of draft guidance have, in recent years, made...
Oct 19, 2023 Same same but different: welcome alignment in ICO draft Data Protection Fining Guidance By Ross O'Mahony On 2 October 2023, the ICO released for consultation new draft guidance on how it decides to issue penalty notices and calculate fines...
Oct 24, 2022 Managing cyber risks: key lessons from the Interserve decision By Ross O'Mahony This morning, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) announced that it had fined Interserve Group Limited (Interserve) £4,400,000...
Oct 19, 2022 Hardly an Easylife: Key lessons from the ICO’s latest GDPR enforcement action By Alex Buchanan In early October 2022, UK catalogue retailer Easylife was issued separate financial penalties by the ICO under the PECR (£130,000) and...
Jan 17, 2022 RAP (feat. statutory guidance): ICO releases draft enforcement strategy for consultation By Ross O'Mahony In December 2021, the ICO released its revised draft Regulatory Action Policy (RAP); revised draft Statutory Guidance on Regulatory...
Jul 15, 2019 Adtech (part 2) - the ICO says "I see you" By Slaughter and May Following my last post on the data protection challenges associated with adtech, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) announced...
Apr 18, 2019 The ICO is dead, long live the ICO By Slaughter and May Extract from the winning essay in a competition for young lawyers jointly sponsored by the Banking Law Committee and Securities Law...