Updated ICO statement on recommendations published by the European Data Protection Board following the Schrems II case

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Ticketmaster UK Limited £1.25million for failing to keep its customers’ personal data secure.
 

Here at the ICO, we recognise how hard organisations are working to keep running effective businesses and services in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Elizabeth Denham spoke at the Open Data Institute’s 2020 virtual summit. She spoke about the role of trust in innovation, where data ethics and social equality overlap, and the hope that 2021 might be a year of opportunity.
 

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has set out how seven of the UK’s political parties need to improve the way they handle people’s personal data after assessing how they manage data protection.
 

Two innovations to help companies tackle financial crime are the latest results to come out of the sandbox.

The ICO has fined Marriott International Inc £18.4million for failing to keep millions of customers’ personal data secure.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Reliance Advisory Limited (RAL) £250,000 for breaking electronic marketing law.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) orders the credit reference agency Experian Limited to make fundamental changes to how it handles people’s personal data within its direct marketing services.

The right of access is a fundamental data right under data protection law. And it has never been more necessary.