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The UK Information Commissioner’s Office’s (the ICO’s) latest Annual Report summarises its accomplishments and priorities, including last year’s enforcement actions. Based on our review of the report, we see the ICO focusing,...more
The dramatic increase in global reach that the internet provides U.S.-based companies comes as a double edge sword. While it significantly increases a company’s potential customer pool, it also subjects companies to...more
On 27 March 2025, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued a £3.07 million fine to an IT services provider following a ransomware attack in 2022 that affected the company’s health care business. The ransomware...more
In December 2019, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) imposed a fine of £275,000 on Doorstep Dispensaree Limited (DDL) for multiple contraventions of the GDPR. On December 9 2024, five years on and three judgments...more
Rather than specifically regulating artificial intelligence (AI), the UK government has opted to rely on the existing web of laws and regulations applying to technology across a spectrum of sectors in its jurisdiction. But...more
On Oct. 30, 2020, the United Kingdom’s data protection authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), in connection with France’s Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL), announced the largest...more
When the regulator has decided to investigate your organisation following a data breach, the remit for the investigation will be wide-ranging and go beyond the narrow circumstances of the breach. Recent decisions shed useful...more
On April 15, 2020, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the U.K.’s data protection authority, issued further guidance on its regulatory approach during the global COVID-19 pandemic. Following its March note that we...more
Key to recent ICO decisions has been the ICO’s assessment of the extent and quality of communications with affected individuals and the regulator itself. It is clear the ICO sees certain behaviours (such as the setting up of...more
In this part of our briefing series, we cover how prior regulatory enforcement action affects the assessment of sanctions and some pitfalls associated with undertaking internal security audits. Who is this relevant for?...more
The decision to appeal a regulatory finding is never taken lightly. By the time a regulator has completed its investigation and notified a company of its intention to fine, the company will have invested significant time and...more
What insights into cyber security norms can organisations glean from the UK ICO’s recent enforcement decisions, most of which have been released since the GDPR came into force? Final fines are still awaited on the UK’s...more
GDPR fines are seemingly like buses, you wait over a year for enforcement action by the UK’s data supervisory authority, the ICO, and then two come along at once – and with quite dramatic effect. The ICO has stretched its...more
British Data Protection Authority Flexes GDPR Enforcement Muscles - No longer is the bark of sanctions for lax data protection practices worse than its bite. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)—the United Kingdom's...more
New York Attorney General Announces Record Number of Data Breach Notices in 2016 - On March 21, 2017, the New York Attorney General's Office announced that it received 1,300 reported data breaches in 2016—a 60 percent...more