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Stephen Almond is the ICO’s executive director of regulatory risk. Yesterday, Google announced to organisations that use its advertising products, that from 16 February 2025, it will no longer prohibit them from employing fingerprinting techniques. Our response is clear:…

Brussels, 18 December – The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has adopted an opinion* on the use of personal data for the development and deployment of AI models. This opinion looks at 1) when and how AI models can be considered anonymous, 2) whether and how legitimate interest can be used as a legal basis … Read more

Public interest in water companies is higher than ever, with firms across the UK facing scrutiny over sewage discharges into lakes, rivers and the sea. Concerns about sewage pollution are mounting, as people have no choice but to rely on these companies. The lack of readily available information and the reticence of water companies to … Read more

We are calling on all water companies to proactively publish information relating to sewage discharges each month.

Stephen Almond is the ICO’s executive director of regulatory risk. In January we launched our consultation series on data protection in generative AI , receiving over 200 quality responses from stakeholders. We are today publishing our outcomes report  which details…

We have fined two companies, based in Greater Manchester, a total of £290k and issued them both with enforcement notices after they were found to have made numerous nuisance phone calls to people – who’d opted out of receiving marketing calls – attempting to sell them life insurance and debt management solutions.

A motor insurance worker who unlawfully accessed personal information has been handed a suspended prison sentence after an investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office.

We have taken action against four public authorities for continued failings to meet their obligations under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). 

We welcome the Court of Appeal (CoA) unanimous dismissal of an appeal by Doorstep Dispensaree Limited (DDL) against a monetary penalty notice (MPN) issued by the Commissioner on 17 December 2019.  In its judgement published today , the CoA rejected both grounds for appeal brought by DDL.…

Two years ago, I set out my vision of working more effectively with public authorities across the UK so they could better protect people’s information, while transforming public services and improving outcomes for their communities.