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ICO Warns Against Sound-recording CCTV
News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has launched a new CCTV code of practice that describes the use of sound recording as "highly intrusive" and warns organisations that its use would only ever be justified in highly exception circumstances.
[January 28, 2008, 13:51]
ICO: Data-breach Spate 'no Worse' Than Normal
News HM Revenue & Customs' loss of 25 million details of people claiming and receiving child benefit was the catalyst for a surge of data-loss reports, an ICO spokesperson told ZDNet.co.uk on Friday. The ICO released its annual report in July 2007...
[February 15, 2008, 16:01]
ICO Urges Gov't To Retain Data-theft Laws
News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has said it is vital the government resists pressure to withdraw clause 76 as the bill passes through Parliament. An ICO spokesman said: "We want to deter people from the illegal buying and selling of data.
[April 2, 2008, 9:30]
ICO Issues New Database Guidelines
News Dave Evans, senior guidance manager at the ICO, said in a statement: "It is important that businesses buying or selling customer databases are aware of their data protection obligations. New data protection guidelines have been issued covering the...
[April 13, 2006, 9:55]
Brown Grants Data Spot-check Powers To The ICO
News It has continuously turned a blind eye to pressure from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) to arm it with greater powers to audit and inspect organisations on data-protection issues without first having to get their consent.
[November 22, 2007, 10:31]
Privacy Watchdog Guns For Amazon And Friends Reunited
News Privacy International (PI) is to make more complaints to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) after successful discussions with eBay to make its privacy procedures more transparent. The watchdog is to make a series of submissions to the ICO...
[September 28, 2006, 16:15]
UK Fails To Prosecute Any Spammers
News More than two years after the UK enacted the first laws outlawing spam, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has admitted that it has still taken no action against any spammers. According to the latest figures, the ICO it has now received...
[February 9, 2006, 14:40]
Government 'too Busy' To Deal With Spam
News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said this week it lacks the power to fight spam because the government has not had time to discuss implementing effective powers. According to a senior member of the ICO, the regulator lacks the necessary...
[September 13, 2005, 18:20]
Orange Has Wrist Slapped Over Data Protection Breach
Blog The communications giant has had a tongue-lashing from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) over a breach of the Data Protection Act (DPA). Out-Law.com was one of the news sites to report on this -- in its article it also reports that...
[June 22, 2007, 14:53]
UK Failing To Fight Spam
News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has admitted it fails to take legal steps against UK spammers while "successfully" enforcing regulations against 13 fax marketers. The ICO, the UK's last official port of call to complain about spam, said...
[August 12, 2005, 9:10]
Watchdog Warns Foreign Office Over Data Breach
News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) investigated the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) after Channel 4 News alerted it to the fact that personal details belonging to visa applicants were accessible by anyone visiting certain websites.
[November 14, 2007, 14:50]
Information Commissioner To Demand Greater Powers
Blog Richard Thomas is going to ask Parliament that he be given the power to force organisations to submit to inspections and audits from his office, the ICO, reports Out-Law.com. The ICO can currently inspect an organisation to check its compliance...
[May 1, 2007, 17:05]
Privacy Watchdog To Push Data Safeguards
News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) will say that the data-security problems at HM Revenue & Customs were a watershed and call for organisations to implement new safeguards to help protect individuals' privacy.
[December 11, 2007, 7:30]
Information Commissioner Gets A New COO
News He has joined as the ICO is expanding in anticipation of the full implementation of the Freedom of Information Act on 1 January, 2005. He will report directly to the information commissioner, Richard Thomas, and sit on the ICO's management board.
[October 29, 2004, 14:54]
UK Failing To Fight Spam
Talkback I have just looked at the Information Commissioners web site and can find NO way of reporting spam (always forward the entire email - including internet mail headers) to the ICO. It is not, therefore, surprising that the ICO have not bothered to do...
[August 12, 2005, 13:07]
Falco Icon Studio
Downloads Key features: Loading from DLL/EXE, BMP, GIF, PNG, JPEG, ANI, CUR and ICO files. Saving in JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, ANI, CUR and ICO formats. Falco Icon Editor is a graphics tool to create, edit, and export icons.
[April 15, 2008, 14:16]
Government Struggles To Prosecute Spammers
News The DTI would not disclose to ZDNet UK the exact nature of its ongoing discussions with the ICO, but said it was still looking at whether the powers the ICO possesses already are working properly. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has...
[December 6, 2006, 9:46]
Marks & Spencer Loses 26,000 Staff Details
News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has threatened the retail giant with prosecution after a laptop containing unencrypted data was stolen from a contractor in April 2007. The ICO served the enforcement notice on 23 January after M&S...
[January 25, 2008, 16:32]
Carphone Warehouse In 'serious' Data Breach
News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said the Carphone Warehouse, and its sister company TalkTalk, could face the possibility of an unlimited fine if their data-protection and compliance systems are not brought up to scratch within 35 days...
[January 17, 2008, 11:02]
Government Tries To Keep ID Card Costs Secret
News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) last month ordered the DWP to make the details of the report public after a complaint by Liberal Democrat MP Mark Oaten in 2004. Oaten had complained to the ICO after the DWP refused to release its ID...
[July 6, 2006, 16:35]
