#ico — Public Fediverse posts
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4/14 · AI in the Workplace: Cryptographic Accountability
A response to Professor Nazrul Islam's Guardian column. The cryptographic answer to opaque AI surveillance. 20 pages.
https://mickai.co.uk/ebooks/ai-in-the-workplace-cryptographic-accountability
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📰 UK Water Company Fined £1M After Cl0p Lurked on Network for 20 Months Undetected
💸 UK water company fined nearly £1M by ICO after a major breach by Cl0p ransomware. Attackers were undetected on the network for 20 MONTHS, exfiltrating 4.1TB of data. A case study in failed security fundamentals. #DataBreach #Ransomware #Cl0p #ICO
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https://www.europesays.com/britain/34704/ UK ICO fines South Staffordshire Water nearly £1M over Cl0p breach, signals tougher utility cyber defense oversight #Cl0pRansomware #CriticalInfrastructure #CriticalNationalInfrastructure #CyberBreach #CyberResilience #CybersecurityMeasures #DataProtection #ICO #RansomwareAttack #SouthStaffordshire #SouthStaffordshireWater #ThamesWater #UK #UnitedKingdom
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📰 UK Water Company Fined £1M After Cl0p Lurked on Network for 20 Months Undetected
💸 UK water company fined nearly £1M by ICO after a major breach by Cl0p ransomware. Attackers were undetected on the network for 20 MONTHS, exfiltrating 4.1TB of data. A case study in failed security fundamentals. #DataBreach #Ransomware #Cl0p #ICO
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I'm sorry? You've had nearly a year to review this, come on!
The link does show some updated guidance, but around 74% of it still says "drafting" and no dates.
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ORG calls on the UK Information Commissioner's Office "to begin a formal investigation into data protection breaches and accessibility issues with the [eVisa] scheme."
“Migrants are being failed by the Home Office, which didn’t properly assess the risks of a digital-only roll-out."
🗣️ ORG's @sarahalsherif.
Read more ⬇️
#eVisa #ico #homeoffice #dataprotection #migrants #immigration #ukpolitics #ukpol
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19 civil society groups wrote to the ICO last year, warning of widespread data errors, inaccessible design and systemic technical failures with eVisas.
This has left migrants facing real difficulties in their day-to-day lives.
But ICO are dragging their feet while people suffer.
Read more ⬇️
#eVisa #ico #homeoffice #dataprotection #migrants #immigration #ukpolitics #ukpol
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The ICO issued a joint statement on ‘age assurance’ aka privacy invading digital ID. Their odd position is now people must go through privacy invading procedures to ‘protect their data’ and to be sure users are > 13 years old. This likely why Apple are saying U.K. law requires age assurance stuff. https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs/2026/03/joint-statement-from-ico-and-ofcom-on-age-assurance/ #AgeGate #apple #ICO #UK
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How can the answer to protecting privacy be age verification?
The ICO (UK) seems to think so. Their fine against Reddit for relying on self-declaration is met with a call for intrusive biometric scans or ID uploads.
All this when privacy dangers are emerging within the industry.
Read our new blog ⬇️
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/break-privacy-to-make-privacy-age-verification-isnt-the-answer/
#ico #reddit #dataprotection #digitalid #ageverification #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol
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BBC Breaks Law by Failing to Say If It Made Calls to Israeli Embassy | Novara Media (2026-03-16)
>> The #BBC has broken the law by failing to give a “substantive response” to a Freedom of Information (#FOI) request asking if and when calls took place between its most senior figures and the Israeli embassy, the Information Commissioner’s Office (#ICO) has found.
>> The FOI request was submitted on 6 December last year by a former civil servant, who wished to remain anonymous. He told Novara Media he was concerned by the BBC’s biased coverage of Israel’s ongoing genocide in #Gaza...
>> The BBC’s coverage of Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza was found to be systematically biased against Palestinians and consistently failed to reach standards of impartiality, according to research from the Centre for Media Monitoring (#CfMM)...
#Impartiality #palestine
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"We need strong regulation of the age verification industry so that Internet users' privacy and security is better protected. Until we have that, the ICO should stop pushing digital identification.”
🗣️ James Baker for ORG.
Read more about our open letter ⬇️
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/org-calls-for-age-assurance-industry-to-be-regulated/
#ageverification #privacy #digitalid #ofcom #ico #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨
The UK Information Commissioner's Office and Ofcom are pushing for tech companies to strengthen age checks.
It's disastrous that the ICO wants to somehow 'protect children’s data' by compelling 13-18 year olds to use poorly regulated digital identification products that could put their biometric data at risk.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/social-media-ico-protect-children-b2936462.html
#ageverification #privacy #digitalid #ofcom #ico #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol
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https://www.europesays.com/es/426785/ Sherpa Capital se transforma en Vecta con un fondo de 260 millones para impulsar empresas | Empresas #Business #CapitalGroup #Economía #Economy #Empresas #ES #España #FondosEstructurales #ico #Inversión #kkr #ReestructuraciónBancaria #SherpaCapital #Spain
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ICYMI: Reddit fined £14.47m by UK regulator over children's data failures: UK's ICO fines Reddit £14.47m for failing to verify users' ages and processing children's data without a lawful basis, marking a significant UK enforcement action. https://ppc.land/reddit-fined-14-47m-by-uk-regulator-over-childrens-data-failures/ #Reddit #ICO #DataProtection #ChildrensData #PrivacyLaw
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Regulatory Enforcement Brief:
Entity: Reddit
Regulator: Information Commissioner's Office
Penalty: £14.47M
Issue: Inadequate age assurance mechanisms
Findings:
• Over-reliance on self-declared age
• Alleged unlawful processing of children’s data
• Lack of early DPIA (Data Protection Impact Assessment)
• Enforcement under Age Appropriate Design Code
Core tension:
Privacy-by-minimization vs. identity-based compliance controls.
Expect broader enforcement trends targeting platforms relying solely on self-attestation models.
Source: https://therecord.media/reddit-children-age-checks-uk-ico-fineFollow @technadu for regulatory intelligence.
Add your compliance or security insights below.#Infosec #DataProtection #ICO #Reddit #PrivacyEngineering #Compliance #CyberLaw #AgeVerification #ChildSafety #RiskManagement #DigitalGovernance #SecurityNews
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Regulatory Enforcement Brief:
Entity: Reddit
Regulator: Information Commissioner's Office
Penalty: £14.47M
Issue: Inadequate age assurance mechanisms
Findings:
• Over-reliance on self-declared age
• Alleged unlawful processing of children’s data
• Lack of early DPIA (Data Protection Impact Assessment)
• Enforcement under Age Appropriate Design Code
Core tension:
Privacy-by-minimization vs. identity-based compliance controls.
Expect broader enforcement trends targeting platforms relying solely on self-attestation models.
Source: https://therecord.media/reddit-children-age-checks-uk-ico-fineFollow @technadu for regulatory intelligence.
Add your compliance or security insights below.#Infosec #DataProtection #ICO #Reddit #PrivacyEngineering #Compliance #CyberLaw #AgeVerification #ChildSafety #RiskManagement #DigitalGovernance #SecurityNews
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Regulatory Enforcement Brief:
Entity: Reddit
Regulator: Information Commissioner's Office
Penalty: £14.47M
Issue: Inadequate age assurance mechanisms
Findings:
• Over-reliance on self-declared age
• Alleged unlawful processing of children’s data
• Lack of early DPIA (Data Protection Impact Assessment)
• Enforcement under Age Appropriate Design Code
Core tension:
Privacy-by-minimization vs. identity-based compliance controls.
Expect broader enforcement trends targeting platforms relying solely on self-attestation models.
Source: https://therecord.media/reddit-children-age-checks-uk-ico-fineFollow @technadu for regulatory intelligence.
Add your compliance or security insights below.#Infosec #DataProtection #ICO #Reddit #PrivacyEngineering #Compliance #CyberLaw #AgeVerification #ChildSafety #RiskManagement #DigitalGovernance #SecurityNews
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Regulatory Enforcement Brief:
Entity: Reddit
Regulator: Information Commissioner's Office
Penalty: £14.47M
Issue: Inadequate age assurance mechanisms
Findings:
• Over-reliance on self-declared age
• Alleged unlawful processing of children’s data
• Lack of early DPIA (Data Protection Impact Assessment)
• Enforcement under Age Appropriate Design Code
Core tension:
Privacy-by-minimization vs. identity-based compliance controls.
Expect broader enforcement trends targeting platforms relying solely on self-attestation models.
Source: https://therecord.media/reddit-children-age-checks-uk-ico-fineFollow @technadu for regulatory intelligence.
Add your compliance or security insights below.#Infosec #DataProtection #ICO #Reddit #PrivacyEngineering #Compliance #CyberLaw #AgeVerification #ChildSafety #RiskManagement #DigitalGovernance #SecurityNews
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#UK fines #Reddit for not checking user ages aggressively enough
A UK regulator today fined Reddit £14.5 million ($19.6 million) for not verifying the ages of users. The UK Information Commissioner's Office ( #ICO ) alleged that the failure to check ages resulted in Reddit illegally using children’s personal information.
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UK data watchdog fines #Reddit £14.47M for letting kids slip past the gate - https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/24/ico_fines_reddit/ "Social media giant retorts it doesn't want to collect 'private' data, and plans to appeal" #ico
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Reddit has been fined £14.47m by the UK's data watchdog for unlawfully using children's personal information.
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Avui es compleixen 20 anys que arribava "Shadow of the Colossus" per "PlayStation 2" de #Sony 🕹🎮. #ShadowOfTheColossus #Ico #Playstation2 #Plataformes #Puzle #Aventura #Videojocs #Gaming #VideoGames #RetroGaming #ClassicGaming #RetroGames #VideojocsAntics
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Avui fa 20 anys que ens arribava "Shadow of the Colossus: Limited Edition" per "PlayStation 2" de #Sony 🕹🎮. #ShadowOfTheColossusLimitedEdition #Ico #Playstation2 #Plataformes #Puzle #Aventura #Videojocs #Gaming #VideoGames #RetroGaming #ClassicGaming
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Avui fa 20 anys que ens arribava "Ico" per "PlayStation 2" de #Sony 🕹🎮. #Ico #Playstation2 #Plataformes #Puzle #Aventura #Videojocs #Gaming #VideoGames #RetroGaming #ClassicGaming #RetroGames #VideojocsAntics
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España crece: fondo soberano para movilizar 23.000M€ en vivienda pública y asequible (hasta 15.000/año) y atraer inversión privada. https://aidoo.news/noticia/xZ8Yn6
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𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆: 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗖𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘀
#CyberSecurity #InfoSec #CyberCrime #EthicalHacking #DataProtection #ICO #CyberSecurityTraining #TechEducation #NetworkSecurity #StaySafeOnline
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Adtech companies flaunt cookie rules because the UK data regulator doesn't enforce them.
So why might the ICO weaken them further?
It'd make it even easier for advertisers to target people based on mental health, addictions or other vulnerabilities.
Read more ⬇️
#adtech #dataprotection #gdpr #privacy #advertising #StopStalkerAds #ukpolitics #ukpol #ICO
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The UK's data regulator opens a probe into X over sexual AI deepfakes.
Britain's Information Commissioner’s Office on Tuesday launched a probe into X and xAI to see whether Elon Musk's companies complied with personal data law when it came to AI chatbot Grok's generation of sexually explicit deepfakes of women and minors.
#Grok #Deepfake #Nudification #AI #Tech #X #XAI #Musk #ICO #PersonalData #CSAM #UK
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ORG warned that Henry VIII powers in the UK Data Bill could threaten electoral integrity.
Civil society and experts joined us to call for changes so a government couldn't change how political parties use our data without passing a new law.
Read more ⬇️
#ORG2025 #digitalrights #dataprotection #gdpr #privacy #ico #DataAct #ukpolitics #ukpol
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2025: The year of the UK's new Data Act 🫠
ORG battled to protect our right to human review over automated decisions, to block Big Tech influence, increase accountability of the data watchdog and strengthen electoral integrity.
Find out more ➡️ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/dangerous-data-bill-affects-us-all-not-just-creative-industries/
#ORG2025 #digitalrights #dataprotection #gdpr #privacy #ico #DataAct #ukpolitics #ukpol
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Over 70 groups and experts backed ORG's call for an inquiry into the UK Information Commissioner's Office for their chronic failure to enforce data law.
Rules only work if they're actually enforced and it's our privacy on the line when data breaches are shrugged off.
Read more ⬇️
#ORG2025 #digitalrights #dataprotection #gdpr #privacy #ico #DataAct #ukpolitics #ukpol
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ORG has called on the ICO to investigate data breaches and accessibility issues resulting from the UK eVisa scheme.
19 civil society groups have demanded action on the failure to assess and mitigate the harms experienced by migrants.
Read more ⬇️
#ORG2025 #digitalrights #evisa #migrantrights #migrants #immigration #dataprotection #ukpolitics #ukpol #ico
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ORG has long warned that the botched UK eVisa scheme could create another Windrush scandal.
Flawed data and systems can corrupt a person's immigration status, especially as there's no offline way to prove it.
Tell your MP this needs to change ⬇️
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/write-your-mp-allow-physical-proof-immigration-status
#ORG2025 #digitalrights #evisa #migrantrights #migrants #immigration #dataprotection #ukpolitics #ukpol #ico
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"The [UK] Home Office failed to assess the risks that a digital-only [eVisa] scheme brings, particularly for those who are vulnerable, older, or disabled. It is also misleading in its assessment of the scheme as digital by default.”
🗣️ @sarahalsherif for ORG
Read more about our open letter to the ICO signed by 19 civil society groups ⬇️
https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/12/ico_home_office_evisa/
#ico #evisa #migrants #migrantrights #immigration #ukpolitics #ukpol
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People have found inaccurate personal details on their eVisas, including photos, names, visa end dates or even passport numbers.
The glitchy system has left people unable to prove their right to work, rent, study, travel, or access essential services.
The ICO must investigate the UK eVisa scheme.
#evisa #migrants #migrantrights #immigration #homeoffice #ico #ukpolitics #ukpol
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The UK eVisa scheme has unravelled with avoidable consequences to the lives of migrants.
One thing the Home Office can do is to introduce a secure physical backup that's accessible offline in the event of digital system failure.
Write to your MP ⬇️
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/write-your-mp-allow-physical-proof-immigration-status
#evisa #migrants #migrantrights #immigration #homeoffice #ico #ukpolitics #ukpol
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The botched UK eVisa scheme needs to be investigated.
The Home Office failed to assess the risks of a digital-only scheme. As a result, migrants have experienced widespread data errors, inaccessible design and technical failures.
Read about our open letter to the ICO ⬇️
#evisa #migrants #migrantrights #immigration #homeoffice #ico #ukpolitics #ukpol
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The UK eVisa scheme has been riddled with data errors. This represents a huge breach of sensitive data and a system failure.
Migrants are prevented from proving their legal status and locked out of accounts with little Home Office support.
They can't prove their right to work, rent, study, travel or access services. The DPIA should have identified and mitigated these risks.
#dataprotection #gdpr #evisa #immigration #migrants #migrantrights #ico #ukpolitics #ukpol #homeoffice
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"“In its DPIA, the [UK] Home Office failed to assess the risks that a digital only scheme brings."
“If the Home Office had identified some of these risks [of the eVisa scheme], migrants may not have experienced the same levels of distress and hardship that we have seen over the last year."
"The Information Commissioner's Office must investigate.”
🗣️ @sarahalsherif for ORG.
#dataprotection #gdpr #evisa #immigration #migrants #migrantrights #ukpolitics #ukpol #homeoffice #ico
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The UK Home Office can take immediate steps to reduce the anxiety that migrants are experiencing.
Migrants need the safety of a physical or digital back up so they can prove their status in any circumstances.
Write to your MP to stop the eVisa scandal ⬇️
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/write-your-mp-allow-physical-proof-immigration-status
#dataprotection #gdpr #evisa #immigration #migrants #migrantrights #ukpolitics #ukpol #homeoffice #ico
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The UK eVisa scheme is a digital-only system that checks immigration status in real time.
The DPIA is misleading. It claims eVisas are part of a 'digital by default' transformation that people can choose to use.
But it removes all physical documentation and users can't opt out of digital methods.
#dataprotection #gdpr #evisa #immigration #migrants #migrantrights #ico #ukpolitics #ukpol #homeoffice
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The UK Home Office has failed migrants.
The eVisa scheme is founded on an incomplete and misleading Data Protection Impact Assessment, meaning foreseeable risks were not mitigated.
ORG has brought together 19 civil society groups to call on the ICO to formally investigate the resulting data protection breaches and accessibility issues.
Read our open letter ⬇️
#dataprotection #gdpr #evisa #immigration #migrants #migrantrights #ico #ukpolitics #ukpol #homeoffice
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Oof. With my legal background, this one hits close to home! 😬
The ICO fined a law firm after data breach and subsequent leak to dark web. Identities of protected victims and witnesses were exposed. All attackers gained access to an old, supposedly archived case management system. (Why was this online?)
https://www.lawsociety.org.uk/topics/ethics/dark-web-data-leak
Given the size of the fine (£60k), I would guess this was not a large law firm. Some of the affected individuals may sue, so that's probably not the end of the matter.
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The UK Information Commissioner’s Office has added insult to the human cost of the Horizon scandal.
“As reprimands lack the force of law, the Post Office can rest assured that they will not face consequences if they fail to address their shortcomings."
🗣️ @marianods for ORG.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/03/post-office-data-breach-ico-reprimand
#PostOffice #HorizonScandal #dataprotection #ICO #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol #gdpr
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The UK Information Commissioner’s Office has added insult to the human cost of the Horizon scandal.
“As reprimands lack the force of law, the Post Office can rest assured that they will not face consequences if they fail to address their shortcomings."
🗣️ @marianods for ORG.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/03/post-office-data-breach-ico-reprimand
#PostOffice #HorizonScandal #dataprotection #ICO #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol #gdpr
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The UK Information Commissioner’s Office has added insult to the human cost of the Horizon scandal.
“As reprimands lack the force of law, the Post Office can rest assured that they will not face consequences if they fail to address their shortcomings."
🗣️ @marianods for ORG.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/03/post-office-data-breach-ico-reprimand
#PostOffice #HorizonScandal #dataprotection #ICO #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol #gdpr
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The UK Information Commissioner’s Office has added insult to the human cost of the Horizon scandal.
“As reprimands lack the force of law, the Post Office can rest assured that they will not face consequences if they fail to address their shortcomings."
🗣️ @marianods for ORG.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/03/post-office-data-breach-ico-reprimand
#PostOffice #HorizonScandal #dataprotection #ICO #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol #gdpr
