The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) will soon start examining companies’ websites to ensure that their privacy policies don’t breach data protection laws. Do the directors need to be worried
about this?
Published 07.06.2013
Any business that processes personal data must be registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). One small company that didn’t has been prosecuted and fined £5,000. What should you do
following this case?
Published 12.10.2016
The Information Commissioner wants all directors to be made personally liable for any breaches of data protection laws committed by their companies. Will this make it on to the statute books or not?
Published 10.11.2016
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) wants to introduce compulsory data audits for all private companies. Is this something else to worry about?
Published 09.12.2011
The Data Protection Act 1998 requires companies to tell the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) how they process personal data. Will it be the same under the General Data Protection Regulation
(GDPR)?
Published 05.02.2018
You might have heard that the Information Commissioner is being given new powers to impose fines of £500K on directors who break data protection laws, even if it’s by mistake. Is this true, or is the
media getting carried away?
Published 10.12.2009
Most businesses must now pay an annual data protection fee. If you forget to pay it, will the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) agree that this is an acceptable defence?
Published 03.06.2019
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is writing to every company about payment of the statutory annual data protection fee. What do you need to know and must you take any action?
Published 23.12.2019
In the first case of its kind, an employee has been imprisoned for misusing customers’ personal information following an Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) prosecution. What do you need to know
and do as a result?
Published 05.02.2019
Following the successful prosecution of an employee, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is asking all businesses to remind staff about the consequences of illegally sharing personal data.
What should you do?
Published 04.09.2017