#informationcommissioner — Public Fediverse posts

Crackdown on claims companies sending spam car finance texts
By Rupert Jones

Officials raided homes and businesses and seized laptops, phones and paperwork in clampdown on nuisance firms

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/30/crackdown-claims-firms-spam-car-finance-scandal-payouts

#Spam #Motorfinance #Informationcommissioner #FinancialConductAuthority #Regulators #Consumeraffairs #UKnews #Business #TheGuardian #RupertJones

Crackdown on claims companies sending spam car finance texts https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/30/crackdown-claims-firms-spam-car-finance-scandal-payouts #Spam #MotorFinance #InformationCommissioner #FinancialConductAuthority #Regulators #ConsumerAffairs #UkNews #Business

‘How’s this joker got my details?’: BrewDog founder faces complaints over emails to ‘equity punks’ https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jul/17/brewdog-founder-james-watt-faces-data-privacy-complaints-over-emails-to-equity-punks #Brewdog #Gdpr #InformationCommissioner #Business #UkNews #FoodDrinkIndustry #MergersAndAcquisitions #Regulators #DataProtection

‘How’s this joker got my details?’: BrewDog founder faces complaints over emails to ‘equity punks’
By Rob Davies

Exclusive: Watchdog asked to look into how James Watt got data of ex-crowdfunders he invited to join buy-back bid

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jul/17/brewdog-founder-james-watt-faces-data-privacy-complaints-over-emails-to-equity-punks

#BrewDog #GDPR #Informationcommissioner #Business #UKnews #Fooddrinkindustry #Mergersandacquisitions #Regulators #Dataprotection #TheGuardian #RobDavies

Former UK information commissioner taking legal action against woman who flagged his conduct https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/08/former-uk-information-commissioner-john-edwards-legal-action-woman-conduct-claims #InformationCommissioner #LizKendall #UkNews #Regulators

ICO watchdog opens inquiry into cameras in mental health patients’ bedrooms https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/19/ico-watchdog-inquiry-cameras-mental-health-patients-bedrooms #MentalHealth #Nhs #Health #InformationCommissioner #UkNews #Society #Essex

Ex-health worker cautioned after Kate’s medical notes offered for financial gain https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun/17/ex-health-worker-cautioned-princess-of-wales-medical-records-offered-financial-gain #CatherinePrincessOfWales #InformationCommissioner #Privacy #Monarchy #London #UkNews

Millions of salmon deaths at Scottish farms disclosed after watchdog’s ruling https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/26/millions-of-salmon-deaths-scottish-farms-apha-ico #Fish #Farming #AnimalWelfare #InformationCommissioner #FreedomOfInformation #Environment #Scotland #UkNews

UK information commissioner steps back amid workplace investigation https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/27/uk-information-commissioner-steps-back-amid-workplace-investigation #InformationCommissioner #Technology #UkNews

The UK gave £90,000 to an Israeli report seeking to prove that sexual violence by #Hamas on 7 October was “systematic”, a weakly evidenced claim #Israel made central to justifying its genocide in #Gaza.

The #ForeignOffice tried to hide how much, so Rivkah Brown spent 7 months getting the data out of them, with the help of the #InformationCommissioner's Office.

Not a single UK news outlet has picked up the story.
https://novaramedia.com/2026/03/02/uk-gave-90k-to-sexual-violence-report-central-to-israels-genocide-propaganda/
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#NovaraMedia #ukpol #FCDO

Reddit fined £14.5m in UK over use of under-13s’ data https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/24/reddit-fined-uk-children-under-13-data #Reddit #InformationCommissioner #InternetSafety #DataProtection #Technology #UkNews

UK privacy watchdog opens inquiry into X over Grok AI sexual deepfakes https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/03/uk-privacy-watchdog-opens-inquiry-into-x-over-grok-ai-sexual-deepfakes #GrokAi #X #ElonMusk #InformationCommissioner #UkNews #Privacy #DataProtection #AiArtificialIntelligence #Technology

Lloyds questioned by watchdog over use of staff banking data in pay talks https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/13/lloyds-banking-group-staff-data-pay-talks-ico-accounts #LloydsBankingGroup #Banking #Business #InformationCommissioner #UkNews #DataProtection #Technology #TradeUnions

Civil liberties groups call for inquiry into UK data protection watchdog https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/24/civil-liberties-groups-call-for-inquiry-into-uk-data-protection-watchdog #Informationcommissioner #UKcivilliberties #Dataprotection #Technology #UKnews #Law

Personal details of Tate galleries job applicants leaked online https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/14/personal-details-of-tate-galleries-job-applicants-leaked-online #Dataandcomputersecurity #Informationcommissioner #Dataprotection #Work&careers #TateBritain #Jobhunting #TateModern #Technology #UKnews

Personal details of Tate galleries job applicants leaked online https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/14/personal-details-of-tate-galleries-job-applicants-leaked-online #Dataandcomputersecurity #Informationcommissioner #Dataprotection #Work&careers #TateBritain #Jobhunting #TateModern #UKnews

Makers of air fryers and smart speakers told to respect users’ right to privacy https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/16/air-fryers-smart-tv-speakers-user-data-privacy-ico #Informationcommissioner #Smartspeakers #Surveillance #Technology #Gadgets #Privacy #UKnews

Floppy disks and vaccine cards: exhibition tells tale of privacy rights in UK https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/03/manchester-exhibition-information-commissioners-office-floppy-disks-vaccine-cards-privacy-rights-uk #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Informationcommissioner #Dataprotection #Socialmedia #Technology #Manchester #Privacy #England #UKnews

UK watchdog to investigate TikTok and Reddit over use of children’s data https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/03/uk-information-commissioner-to-investigate-tiktok-reddit-children-data #Informationcommissioner #Dataprotection #Internetsafety #Technology #TikTok #Reddit #UKnews

Users of ‘throuples’ dating app Feeld may have had intimate photos accessed https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/17/dating-app-feeld-personal-data-cybersecurity #Informationcommissioner #Dataandcomputersecurity #Technologystartups #Technologysector #Technology #Business #UKnews #Dating

NHS IT firm faces £6m fine over medical records hack https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/07/nhs-it-firm-fine-advanced-software-medical-records-ransomware-attack-hack #Informationcommissioner #Dataandcomputersecurity #Dataprotection #Cybercrime #Technology #Internet #England #Society #UKnews #Health #NHS

Online security lapses led to data of 40m UK voters being hacked, says ICO https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/30/online-security-lapses-led-to-data-of-40m-uk-voters-being-hacked-says-ico #Informationcommissioner #ElectoralCommission #Cybercrime #Technology #UKnews

Information commissioner urges water firms to ‘be open’ about sewage spills https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jul/15/water-companies-sewage-discharges-information-commissioner-uk #Informationcommissioner #NorthumbrianWater #UnitedUtilities #Waterindustry #SevernTrent #Environment #Pollution #Utilities #Business #England #Rivers #UKnews

#Conservative Party ‘Reminded of the Need to Comply with the #Law’ After Sending Fake #SadiqKhan ‘Driving Charge’ Notices

EXCLUSIVE: The #InformationCommissioner rebuked the Conservatives after they sent out thousands of leaflets which tricked voters into handing over their #PersonalData
https://bylinetimes.com/2024/07/12/conservative-party-ico-susan-hall-sadiq-khan-leaflets-data-harvesting/
#ToryBehaviour

Leisure centres scrap biometric systems to keep tabs on staff amid UK data watchdog clampdown https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/apr/16/leisure-centres-scrap-biometric-systems-to-keep-tabs-on-staff-amid-uk-data-watchdog-clampdown #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Informationcommissioner #Corporategovernance #Facialrecognition #Technologysector #Travel&leisure #Employmentlaw #Surveillance #Tradeunions #Biometrics #Regulators #Technology #Business #Politics #Privacy #UKnews #Serco #TUC

Hackers steal customer data from Europe’s largest parking app operator – Source: www.theguardian.com https://ciso2ciso.com/hackers-steal-customer-data-from-europes-largest-parking-app-operator-source-www-theguardian-com/ #rssfeedpostgeneratorecho #Dataandcomputersecurity #Informationcommissioner #CyberSecurityNews #TheGuardianUK #Cybercrime #Technology #Worldnews #business #hacking #privacy #Europe #UKnews #Apps

“A Lack of Commitment to Transparency and a Failure of Leadership”: Melanie Joly and Global Affairs Ignore Information Commissioner Ruling in My Request for Decades-Old Copyright Records - Michael Geist https://bit.ly/3StB1XX #WIPO #Internet #Treaties #GlobalAffairsCanada #CabinetSecrecy #FOI #InformationCommissioner #cdnpoli @canadiangreens @cdnpoli

Call to extend #Scottish #FoI laws to #PrivateFirms running PublicServices

Outgoing #InformationCommissioner says #transparency eroded by rapid rise in #outsourcing
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/15/call-to-extend-scottish-foi-laws-to-private-firms-running-public-services

Monday 13 March, 10 a.m. GMT, #London: last First-tier Tribunal hearing for my #FOIA battle to defend the right of the press to access the full docs on Julian #Assange and #WikiLeaks
#Maurizi vs #UKCrownProsecutionService & #InformationCommissioner
I'll be represented by top-notch #FOIA specialist @estelledehon