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#Open #Rights Group #ORG The #Information Commissioner's Office's (ICO) is failing us. It's time to reset the #ICO. https://action.openrightsgroup.org/reset-ico 'in 2024, the ICO took “regulatory action” in just one case out of the 25,582 complaints lodged with them.'
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"The ICO has consistently failed the rights it is supposed to uphold. Here are just some recent examples.
When Reform ran a competition that blatantly broke data protection law, the ICO's response was staggering: it told the public to complain to Reform first, then come back to the ICO if they were still unhappy.
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When Meta announced plans to scrape its users' data to train AI, thousands of people complained to the ICO. Their response was to hold meetings with Meta behind closed doors before giving them the go ahead. The public were ignored.
They have also ignored the 70 plus organisations calling for the ICO to investigate the Home Office's eVisa scheme, which triggered serious data protection breaches and locked vulnerable people out of their own immigration records.
This isn't an regulator having a bad year. This is an regulator that has stopped doing its job."
Sign petition here (this is a first step to address this):
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/reset-ico
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"The ICO has consistently failed the rights it is supposed to uphold. Here are just some recent examples.
When Reform ran a competition that blatantly broke data protection law, the ICO's response was staggering: it told the public to complain to Reform first, then come back to the ICO if they were still unhappy.
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When Meta announced plans to scrape its users' data to train AI, thousands of people complained to the ICO. Their response was to hold meetings with Meta behind closed doors before giving them the go ahead. The public were ignored.
They have also ignored the 70 plus organisations calling for the ICO to investigate the Home Office's eVisa scheme, which triggered serious data protection breaches and locked vulnerable people out of their own immigration records.
This isn't an regulator having a bad year. This is an regulator that has stopped doing its job."
Sign petition here (this is a first step to address this):
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/reset-ico
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@openrightsgroup In my experience, this lines up with how the #ICO handles pretty much everything:
1. They are not interested unless you have already complained to the DPO;
2. If you have complained, the most they will do is write a strongly worded letter.
3. If they get no response from the DPO, they give up and refuse to take it any further.If you're breaking #GDPR the best thing you can do is just ignore the ICO, because they will give up if they can't figure out how to communicate with you
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@openrightsgroup In my experience, this lines up with how the #ICO handles pretty much everything:
1. They are not interested unless you have already complained to the DPO;
2. If you have complained, the most they will do is write a strongly worded letter.
3. If they get no response from the DPO, they give up and refuse to take it any further.If you're breaking #GDPR the best thing you can do is just ignore the ICO, because they will give up if they can't figure out how to communicate with you
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@openrightsgroup In my experience, this lines up with how the #ICO handles pretty much everything:
1. They are not interested unless you have already complained to the DPO;
2. If you have complained, the most they will do is write a strongly worded letter.
3. If they get no response from the DPO, they give up and refuse to take it any further.If you're breaking #GDPR the best thing you can do is just ignore the ICO, because they will give up if they can't figure out how to communicate with you
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@openrightsgroup In my experience, this lines up with how the #ICO handles pretty much everything:
1. They are not interested unless you have already complained to the DPO;
2. If you have complained, the most they will do is write a strongly worded letter.
3. If they get no response from the DPO, they give up and refuse to take it any further.If you're breaking #GDPR the best thing you can do is just ignore the ICO, because they will give up if they can't figure out how to communicate with you
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@openrightsgroup In my experience, this lines up with how the #ICO handles pretty much everything:
1. They are not interested unless you have already complained to the DPO;
2. If you have complained, the most they will do is write a strongly worded letter.
3. If they get no response from the DPO, they give up and refuse to take it any further.If you're breaking #GDPR the best thing you can do is just ignore the ICO, because they will give up if they can't figure out how to communicate with you
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Calls for the ICO to investigate the eVisa scheme have gone unheard.
ORG flagged that the Home Office failed to assess the risks of a digital-only scheme, exposing migrants to data errors and technical failures that impact their immigration status.
Rights fall apart without an effective regulator.
#ResetTheICO #dataprotection #privacy #ico #digitalrights #evisa #gdpr #ukpolitics #ukpol
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This isn't a regulator having a bad year. The ICO has stopped doing its job.
Behind all these scandals, real people are suffering real harms with no support.
That's why we need a fundamental reset of the ICO that puts our rights first.
Protect the public, not the powerful – sign the petition ⬇️
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/reset-ico/?mtm_campaign=reset-the-ico&mtm_source=mastodon
#ResetTheICO #dataprotection #privacy #ico #digitalrights #gdpr #ukpolitics #ukpol
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The ICO's 'public sector' approach gives organisations the go ahead to carry on with bad practices, knowing they'll be let off the hook.
They issued a weak reprimand to the Post Office for publishing the identities of Horizon’s victims, adding insult to injury for the victims of this scandal.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/03/post-office-data-breach-ico-reprimand
#ResetTheICO #dataprotection #privacy #ico #digitalrights #gdpr #ukpolitics #ukpol
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The ICO again fumbled the ball when Reform UK launched its data harvesting expedition masked as a 'competition'.
There was a clear breach of transparency obligations under data protection law.
And yet, the regulator just told people to complain to Reform and come back if they were unhappy 🤷♂️
#ResetTheICO #dataprotection #privacy #ico #digitalrights #gdpr #ukpolitics #ukpol
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Calls for the ICO to investigate the eVisa scheme have gone unheard.
ORG flagged that the Home Office failed to assess the risks of a digital-only scheme, exposing migrants to data errors and technical failures that impact their immigration status.
Rights fall apart without an effective regulator.
#ResetTheICO #dataprotection #privacy #ico #digitalrights #evisa #gdpr #ukpolitics #ukpol
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The ICO again fumbled the ball when Reform UK launched its data harvesting expedition masked as a 'competition'.
There was a clear breach of transparency obligations under data protection law.
And yet, the regulator just told people to complain to Reform and come back if they were unhappy 🤷♂️
#ResetTheICO #dataprotection #privacy #ico #digitalrights #gdpr #ukpolitics #ukpol
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This isn't a regulator having a bad year. The ICO has stopped doing its job.
Behind all these scandals, real people are suffering real harms with no support.
That's why we need a fundamental reset of the ICO that puts our rights first.
Protect the public, not the powerful – sign the petition ⬇️
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/reset-ico/?mtm_campaign=reset-the-ico&mtm_source=mastodon
#ResetTheICO #dataprotection #privacy #ico #digitalrights #gdpr #ukpolitics #ukpol
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The ICO's 'public sector' approach gives organisations the go ahead to carry on with bad practices, knowing they'll be let off the hook.
They issued a weak reprimand to the Post Office for publishing the identities of Horizon’s victims, adding insult to injury for the victims of this scandal.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/03/post-office-data-breach-ico-reprimand
#ResetTheICO #dataprotection #privacy #ico #digitalrights #gdpr #ukpolitics #ukpol
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The ICO again fumbled the ball when Reform UK launched its data harvesting expedition masked as a 'competition'.
There was a clear breach of transparency obligations under data protection law.
And yet, the regulator just told people to complain to Reform and come back if they were unhappy 🤷♂️
#ResetTheICO #dataprotection #privacy #ico #digitalrights #gdpr #ukpolitics #ukpol
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Calls for the ICO to investigate the eVisa scheme have gone unheard.
ORG flagged that the Home Office failed to assess the risks of a digital-only scheme, exposing migrants to data errors and technical failures that impact their immigration status.
Rights fall apart without an effective regulator.
#ResetTheICO #dataprotection #privacy #ico #digitalrights #evisa #gdpr #ukpolitics #ukpol
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This isn't a regulator having a bad year. The ICO has stopped doing its job.
Behind all these scandals, real people are suffering real harms with no support.
That's why we need a fundamental reset of the ICO that puts our rights first.
Protect the public, not the powerful – sign the petition ⬇️
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/reset-ico/?mtm_campaign=reset-the-ico&mtm_source=mastodon
#ResetTheICO #dataprotection #privacy #ico #digitalrights #gdpr #ukpolitics #ukpol
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The ICO's 'public sector' approach gives organisations the go ahead to carry on with bad practices, knowing they'll be let off the hook.
They issued a weak reprimand to the Post Office for publishing the identities of Horizon’s victims, adding insult to injury for the victims of this scandal.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/03/post-office-data-breach-ico-reprimand
#ResetTheICO #dataprotection #privacy #ico #digitalrights #gdpr #ukpolitics #ukpol
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The ICO's 'public sector' approach gives organisations the go ahead to carry on with bad practices, knowing they'll be let off the hook.
They issued a weak reprimand to the Post Office for publishing the identities of Horizon’s victims, adding insult to injury for the victims of this scandal.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/03/post-office-data-breach-ico-reprimand
#ResetTheICO #dataprotection #privacy #ico #digitalrights #gdpr #ukpolitics #ukpol
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Calls for the ICO to investigate the eVisa scheme have gone unheard.
ORG flagged that the Home Office failed to assess the risks of a digital-only scheme, exposing migrants to data errors and technical failures that impact their immigration status.
Rights fall apart without an effective regulator.
#ResetTheICO #dataprotection #privacy #ico #digitalrights #evisa #gdpr #ukpolitics #ukpol
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This isn't a regulator having a bad year. The ICO has stopped doing its job.
Behind all these scandals, real people are suffering real harms with no support.
That's why we need a fundamental reset of the ICO that puts our rights first.
Protect the public, not the powerful – sign the petition ⬇️
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/reset-ico/?mtm_campaign=reset-the-ico&mtm_source=mastodon
#ResetTheICO #dataprotection #privacy #ico #digitalrights #gdpr #ukpolitics #ukpol
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The ICO again fumbled the ball when Reform UK launched its data harvesting expedition masked as a 'competition'.
There was a clear breach of transparency obligations under data protection law.
And yet, the regulator just told people to complain to Reform and come back if they were unhappy 🤷♂️
#ResetTheICO #dataprotection #privacy #ico #digitalrights #gdpr #ukpolitics #ukpol
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This isn't a regulator having a bad year. The ICO has stopped doing its job.
Behind all these scandals, real people are suffering real harms with no support.
That's why we need a fundamental reset of the ICO that puts our rights first.
Protect the public, not the powerful – sign the petition ⬇️
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/reset-ico/?mtm_campaign=reset-the-ico&mtm_source=mastodon
#ResetTheICO #dataprotection #privacy #ico #digitalrights #gdpr #ukpolitics #ukpol
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Calls for the ICO to investigate the eVisa scheme have gone unheard.
ORG flagged that the Home Office failed to assess the risks of a digital-only scheme, exposing migrants to data errors and technical failures that impact their immigration status.
Rights fall apart without an effective regulator.
#ResetTheICO #dataprotection #privacy #ico #digitalrights #evisa #gdpr #ukpolitics #ukpol
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The ICO again fumbled the ball when Reform UK launched its data harvesting expedition masked as a 'competition'.
There was a clear breach of transparency obligations under data protection law.
And yet, the regulator just told people to complain to Reform and come back if they were unhappy 🤷♂️
#ResetTheICO #dataprotection #privacy #ico #digitalrights #gdpr #ukpolitics #ukpol
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The ICO's 'public sector' approach gives organisations the go ahead to carry on with bad practices, knowing they'll be let off the hook.
They issued a weak reprimand to the Post Office for publishing the identities of Horizon’s victims, adding insult to injury for the victims of this scandal.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/03/post-office-data-breach-ico-reprimand
#ResetTheICO #dataprotection #privacy #ico #digitalrights #gdpr #ukpolitics #ukpol
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The UK data watchdog is all bark, no bite.
From failing to investigate complaints to forgoing regulatory action in favour of a slap on the wrist, the ICO isn't doing its job.
It's time that the regulator is overhauled, because data protection laws only work if they're enforced.
Read our blog ⬇️
#ResetTheICO #dataprotection #privacy #ico #digitalrights #gdpr #ukpolitics #ukpol
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Even faced with the worst data breach in UK history, the ICO refused to investigate the Ministry of Defence for a leak of data on 19,000 Afghans fleeing the Taliban.
That's why over 70 groups and experts joined ORG's demand for an inquiry into the regulator over its use of non-binding reprimands.
#ResetTheICO #dataprotection #privacy #ico #digitalrights #gdpr #ukpolitics #ukpol
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The UK data watchdog is all bark, no bite.
From failing to investigate complaints to forgoing regulatory action in favour of a slap on the wrist, the ICO isn't doing its job.
It's time that the regulator is overhauled, because data protection laws only work if they're enforced.
Read our blog ⬇️
#ResetTheICO #dataprotection #privacy #ico #digitalrights #gdpr #ukpolitics #ukpol
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Even faced with the worst data breach in UK history, the ICO refused to investigate the Ministry of Defence for a leak of data on 19,000 Afghans fleeing the Taliban.
That's why over 70 groups and experts joined ORG's demand for an inquiry into the regulator over its use of non-binding reprimands.
#ResetTheICO #dataprotection #privacy #ico #digitalrights #gdpr #ukpolitics #ukpol
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Even faced with the worst data breach in UK history, the ICO refused to investigate the Ministry of Defence for a leak of data on 19,000 Afghans fleeing the Taliban.
That's why over 70 groups and experts joined ORG's demand for an inquiry into the regulator over its use of non-binding reprimands.
#ResetTheICO #dataprotection #privacy #ico #digitalrights #gdpr #ukpolitics #ukpol
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The UK data watchdog is all bark, no bite.
From failing to investigate complaints to forgoing regulatory action in favour of a slap on the wrist, the ICO isn't doing its job.
It's time that the regulator is overhauled, because data protection laws only work if they're enforced.
Read our blog ⬇️
#ResetTheICO #dataprotection #privacy #ico #digitalrights #gdpr #ukpolitics #ukpol
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The UK data watchdog is all bark, no bite.
From failing to investigate complaints to forgoing regulatory action in favour of a slap on the wrist, the ICO isn't doing its job.
It's time that the regulator is overhauled, because data protection laws only work if they're enforced.
Read our blog ⬇️
#ResetTheICO #dataprotection #privacy #ico #digitalrights #gdpr #ukpolitics #ukpol
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Even faced with the worst data breach in UK history, the ICO refused to investigate the Ministry of Defence for a leak of data on 19,000 Afghans fleeing the Taliban.
That's why over 70 groups and experts joined ORG's demand for an inquiry into the regulator over its use of non-binding reprimands.
#ResetTheICO #dataprotection #privacy #ico #digitalrights #gdpr #ukpolitics #ukpol
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The UK data watchdog is all bark, no bite.
From failing to investigate complaints to forgoing regulatory action in favour of a slap on the wrist, the ICO isn't doing its job.
It's time that the regulator is overhauled, because data protection laws only work if they're enforced.
Read our blog ⬇️
#ResetTheICO #dataprotection #privacy #ico #digitalrights #gdpr #ukpolitics #ukpol
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Even faced with the worst data breach in UK history, the ICO refused to investigate the Ministry of Defence for a leak of data on 19,000 Afghans fleeing the Taliban.
That's why over 70 groups and experts joined ORG's demand for an inquiry into the regulator over its use of non-binding reprimands.
#ResetTheICO #dataprotection #privacy #ico #digitalrights #gdpr #ukpolitics #ukpol
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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 Firm Fines £1m for 2-Year Data Breach
Alternatively:
South Staffordshire Water Breach Exposes 633,000Or:
Data Regulator Fines South Staffordshire Water £1mBest option:
South Staffordshire Water Hit with £1m Data Breach FineProactive security is no longer a nicety, but a necessity - as South Staffordshire Water's £1m fine for a 2-year data breach exposing 633,000 individuals' personal info painfully…
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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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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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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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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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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