The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published a new audit framework to help businesses comply with data protection rules. The framework, which is an extension of the ICO’s existing ...

Pat Langley explains the dangers practices can encounter with GDPR and data protection, and how they can stay safe.

Which?'s response to the ICO’s consultation on draft guidance for consumer IoT vendors on how to adhere to data protection regulation, requirements and best practices ...

Students are responsible for most school data breaches in the U.K., usually involving compromised, leaked, or weak ...

A breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to, Personal Data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed. Any ...

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: ...

The Information Commissioner’s Office has published advice to help housing associations comply with data protection law #UKhousing The UK data protection regulator explained that it was issuing the ...

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has given the footwear retailer a warning after personal data of over one million customers was left exposed due to a hacking incident. The hacker managed ...

Former tech industry lobbyist Niamh Sweeney has been named to the Data Protection Commission, the chief regulator for big ...

The Government has announced the appointment of Niamh Sweeney as a third Data Protection Commissioner. Her appointment will take effect from 13 October for a five-year term. It follows the appointment ...