ICO
Should we be Surprised by the Latest ICO Fines?
01 August 2019 - David Smith
Like many others in the data protection world I was initially taken aback by the size of latest fines proposed by the ICO. The idea of fining British Airways in excess of £183m and Marriott International nearly £100m for data breaches that in pre-GDPR days would have attracted fines of no more than £500,000, and › Read More
ICO bares its teeth with plans to issue over £280m in fines
09 July 2019 - data breach , fine , ICO Adam Smith
Those in the travel sector would be forgiven for feeling rather nervous after the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) announced plans to issue major fines to British Airways and Marriott International following separate data breach incidents in 2018. On 8 June 2019, the ICO issued a statement of its intention to fine British Airways £183.39m › Read More
New UK ICO guidance on cookies and similar technologies
04 July 2019 - cookies , ICO Nigel Parker
Recent changes to the cookie consent tool on www.ico.org.uk were a good sign that updated guidance from the ICO, on the use of cookies and similar technologies, would soon arrive. The ICO duly published its updated guidance on 3 July. In the run up to GDPR, and since, many companies have adopted enhanced cookie consent tools › Read More
New ICO report on adtech and real time bidding issues a warning shot to the adtech industry
24 June 2019 - Karishma Brahmbhatt
Following its adtech fact-finding forum in March this year, on 20 June 2019 the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published its Update report into adtech and real time bidding. The good news for those engaging in online behavioural advertising is that the report acknowledges that “the automated delivery of ad impressions is here to stay”. › Read More
ICO Brings Some Welcome Clarification to the GDPR’s International Transfer Rules
07 September 2018 - Cross-border data transfer , ICO guidance David Smith
One of the challenges thrown up by the GDPR is understanding the interrelation between the extra-territorial scope provisions in Article 3 and the restrictions on international transfer in Chapter V. How, for example, do the international transfer restrictions apply, if they apply at all, to a data controller that has no presence in the EU › Read More
Data Analytics and Political Campaigning – Looking Beyond the Headlines of the ICO’s Investigation
19 July 2018 - data protection , ICO , investigation David Smith
Elizabeth Denham, the Information Commissioner, was in the headlines last week after announcing her intention to impose a record fine of £½million on Facebook and launching her report on “Democracy Disrupted? Personal Information and Political Influence”, a wide ranging and detailed investigation into the complex world of gathering and using personal data for political campaigning. › Read More