Last week the Information Commissioner, John Edwards, gave evidence to the House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee. Mr Edwards faced some tough questions about his response to the Afghan data breach, in which a Ministry of Defence (MoD) official mistakenly emailed a spreadsheet containing personal details of over 18,000 Afghan nationals who had applied to … Continue reading "Information Commissioner Grilled in Parliament "| Your Front Page For Information Governance News
The question of whether a body is a public authority for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) is determined by asking (up to) three questions: 1: is it listed in Schedule 1 to…| informationrightsandwrongs
The ICO has issued an enforcement notice to Bristol City Council, finding critical failures in handling subject access requests (SARs).| GDPR Local
In his inaugural speech as Information Commissioner, in 2022, John Edwards said my focus is on bringing certainty in what the law requires of you and your organisations, and in how the regulator ac…| informationrightsandwrongs
I’ve written up my thoughts for the Mishcon de Reya website, on the baffling decision by the ICO to take no action in response to the most catastrophic data breach in UK history, which exposed many…| informationrightsandwrongs
The Information Tribunal has ruled that the Nuclear New Build Generation Company, a subsidiary of EDF Energy, created to construct s new nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point C (HPC), is a public authority for the purposes of the Environmental … Continue reading →| informationrightsandwrongs
The issue of the legality of the making of, and subsequent use of, covert audio and/or visual recordings of individuals is a complex one – even more so when it comes to whether such recordings can be adduced as evidence … Continue reading →| informationrightsandwrongs
When it comes to proposed legislation, most data protection commentary has understandably been on the Data (Use and Access) Bill, but it’s important also to note some of the provisions of the Publi…| informationrightsandwrongs
