Biometric Update

ICO hits Reddit with £14.5M pound fine for not implementing robust age assurance

The message board failed to apply robust age assurance mechanisms and therefore did not have a lawful basis for processing the children's personal information.
Computer Weekly

ICO wins appeal over data protection obligations in Currys cyber attack

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has won an important appeal relating to data protection obligations arising from a 2017-18 cyber attack at electronics retailer Currys PC World.
ZDNet

ICO reports surge in data protection complaints

The Information Commissioner's Office has seen a 30-percent rise in data protection complaints and requests for information over the last year, according to the watchdog's annual report. Launching the report on Wednesday, information commissioner ...
Diginomica

Data protection - the UK’s ICO speaks out on government plans

Pity the UK’s regulators. One moment they are minding the interests of citizens when a Prime Minister blunders into view, scraps the Industrial Strategy, and tells them they have a new purpose: driving economic growth by all and any means. And that’s ...
Online Recruitment

ICO launches data protection crackdown on recruitment agencies

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is today urging recruitment agencies to meet their obligations under the Data Protection Act The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is today urging recruitment agencies to meet their obligations under the ...
Bleeping Computer

ICO calls on social media firms to protect user's data from scraping

UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), together with eleven data protection and privacy authorities from around the world, have published a statement calling social media platforms to up their protections against data scrapers. Data scraping is the ...