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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: 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: UK may get data-breach notification law
News But he cautioned against notification on every data breach, saying it was important that the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) did not become swamped with "minor incidents". Smith also told ZDNet.co.uk sister site silicon.com that the ICO was...
[July 4, 2008, 9:16]
ICO raises fees for larger organisations
News The move should generate a significant increase in funds for the ICO. The idea of introducing tiered ICO fees for data controllers was suggested by former information commissioner Richard Thomas and Mark Walport of the Wellcome Trust in their Data...
[October 2, 2009, 8:26]
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]
Counting the Gains at ICO Polymers
White Papers ICO Polymers is the world's largest producer of compounded rotational moulding powders. With 19 locations in 10 countries and on five continents, ICO Polymers produces custom, engineered polymer powders for rotational moulding and other polymer...
[July 25, 2009, 1:18]
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]
ICO: Name organisations at employment tribunal
News However, a ruling by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at the beginning of October found that the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (Berr) must disclose which employers are involved in tribunal disputes.
[October 16, 2008, 15:31]
ICO to launch web data-protection code
News Bamford said that the ICO would begin its consultation by December, with a view to publishing the code of practice by May next year. The Information Commissioner's Office plans to launch a public consultation about how businesses can build privacy...
[May 22, 2009, 12:15]
ICO: Companies hiding behind privacy policies
News Some companies use legal jargon to hide, rather than to explain, what they intend to do with data collected from customers, according to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). The ICO believes that some existing privacy notices contain too...
[January 13, 2009, 12:43]
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]
Former ICO head urges data-protection 'step change'
News In the ICO's annual report for 2008-09, prepared just before he stood down from the job in June, Thomas said it is "wholly unacceptable" that the ICO should need the consent of a data controller to inspect government and other organisations.
[July 8, 2009, 9:03]
ICO: Gov't ignoring data-sharing hazards
News Thomas also recommended that the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) be given powers in line with the Financial Services Authority, with the power to impose fines on organisations for "reckless" data breaches, and that the ICO be expanded from...
[July 11, 2008, 0:01]
ICO 'increasingly concerned' about NHS data safety
News The Information Commissioner's Office says it is 'increasingly concerned' about the NHS's protection of data as it takes action against Camden Primary Care Trust. The trust left old computers, which contained the names, addresses and medial notes...
[March 27, 2009, 8:48]
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]
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]
icon2ico
Downloads icon2ico is a small droplet that converts dropped icons into .ico files.ico is the icon format used on the Windows platform. The converted icons support Windows XP, including 48x48 sizes, 24 bit color and 8 bit transparency.icon2ico is open source...
[June 26, 2002, 8:00]
Icollator
Downloads Icollator bundles multiple Windows icons (.ico files) into one .ico file. This is useful if your graphics program exports to .ico but doesn't support multi-resolution, multi-bit-depth files. Save out all the individual images, then bundle with...
[September 11, 2004, 8:00]
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]
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]
