Information Commissioner in UK Law
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New UK Information Commissioner Sets His Agenda
The new UK Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham, shared his vision for data protection regulation at his first conference speech in London yesterday. As the keynote speaker at the 8th Annu...
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UK Information Commissioner Sets 2021 Priorities
The United Kingdom’s Information Commissioner’s Office published its action plan for 2021. Areas of focus include: the Age Appropriate Design Code data sharing. data broking, the use of sexual crim...
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UK Information Commissioner fine of £250,000 overturned
This post was written by Cynthia O’Donoghue. The UK’s First-tier Tribunal (Information Rights) has overturned a monetary penalty issued by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) against the Sc...
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UK Information Commissioner Launches Data Analytics Toolkit
The UK Information Commissioner (ICO) has launched a new toolkit for organizations which are planning to use personal data for data analytics as part of the ICO’s priority work on artificial intell...
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UK Information Commissioner Publishes Draft GDPR Consent Guidance
On March 2, 2017, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published its draft General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) consent guidance, and called for comments on the guidance. The consult...
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UK Update - Information Commissioner's Priorities
The UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), responsible for administering the GDPR and privacy laws in the UK, has published its Regulatory Action Policy, setting out its objectives and priorit...
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UK Government Proposes Elizabeth Denham as New Information Commissioner
On March 22, 2016, the UK government confirmed Elizabeth Denham as its preferred candidate to replace Christopher Graham as Information Commissioner.
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Elizabeth Denham, UK Information Commissioner Receives Queen’s Honor
The UK Information Commissioner's Office recently announced that Elizabeth Denham, UK Information Commissioner, was awarded a CBE for her services to protecting information. The Centre for Informat...
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Former UK Information Commissioner Richard Thomas CBE Joins Hunton & Williams
Hunton & Williams is pleased to announce that Richard Thomas CBE, the former UK Information Commissioner, has joined the firm as Global Strategy Adviser. Richard Thomas was the UK’s Information Co...
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U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office Imposes Maximum Fine on Facebook
The U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office announced it will impose the maximum fine of $660,000 for Facebook’s breach of the U.K. Data Protection Act (see Notice of Intent).
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