ICO
ICO investigation into the Royal Free’s use of patient data used as an opportunity to educate
14 July 2017 - Deepmind , ICO Charlotte Mullarkey
In a case which has wide implications for the health care sector, the ICO has ruled that the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust failed to comply with the UK Data Protection Act when it provided personal data of about 1.6 million patients to Google DeepMind. The personal data was provided as part of a trial › Read More
ICO Promises to Perform on the International Stage
10 July 2017 - David Smith
Last month I commented on the Information Commissioner’s new Information Rights Strategic Plan which promised that there was more to come, not least an International Strategy for the ICO. Now that this International Strategy has been published it doesn’t disappoint. I must though confess to a certain amount of self interest here. When I was › Read More
The ICO’s New Strategic Plan – A Change Of Course Or Steady As She Goes?
06 June 2017 - ICO David Smith
You may have seen that on 25 May, with exactly one year to go until the GDPR takes effect, the Information Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, published her office’s Information Rights Strategic Plan for 2017- 2021. This might not be headline grabbing stuff but it’s important nevertheless as it sets out how the ICO will be approaching › Read More
GDPR: Are we losing sight of today’s risks as we all look to the future?
25 May 2017 - Fines , GDPR , ICO David Smith
This week all eyes are on the future. There’s just one year to go until the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force on 25 May 2018 and we have the promise, in the Conservative Party’s manifesto, that here in the UK we will be getting a new data protection law that is › Read More
Why the UK will continue to be “The Bee’s Knees” when it comes to data protection
03 December 2016 - David Smith
We have just seen an announcement from the Information Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, about the appointment of a new Deputy, Rob Luke, who was previously British High Commissioner to Malta, and has also served overseas in Brazil and Paris as well as in policy roles at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in London. In her announcement › Read More
07 November 2016 - David Smith
I had the pleasure of attending the 38th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners in Marrakech. Although, for the first time, I wasn’t eligible to take part in the first day and a half of the conference, which is a closed session for accredited data protection authorities, I was able to participate in › Read More