ICO 2024 – a year in review
As 2024 comes to a close, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is reflecting on a successful year of effecting change to protect people’s information rights and guide organisations to continually…
ICO: Our response to Google’s policy change on fingerprinting
Stephen Almond is the ICO's executive director of regulatory risk.Yesterday, Google announced to organisations that use its advertising products, that from 16 February 2025, it will no longer prohibit them…
ICO: 14 million people don’t know how to erase their data from an old device
New figures reveal that three in 10 UK adults (29%) don’t know how to wipe their personal information from an old device or tech product.With the festive period looming, over…
Water companies asked to publish sewage discharge data
We are calling on all water companies to proactively publish information relating to sewage discharges each month.Water companies have a legal obligation to make information about the environment available under…
Transparency must be the default position for water companies
Warren Seddon is the Director of FOI at the ICOPublic interest in water companies is higher than ever, with firms across the UK facing scrutiny over sewage discharges into lakes,…
