Environmental Information Regulations 2004

Information Commissioner’s Office seeks views on accuracy of generative AI models

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Thursday, April 18, 2024
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The third consultation in the series focuses on how data protection’s accuracy principle applies to the outputs of generative AI models, and the impact that accurate training data has on the output.

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  • The third consultation in the series focuses on how data protection’s accuracy principle applies to the outputs of generative AI models, and the impact that accurate training data has on the output.
  • Where people wrongly rely on generative AI models to provide factually accurate information about people, this can lead to misinformation, reputational damage and other harms.
  • “In a world where misinformation is growing, we cannot allow misuse of generative AI to erode trust in the truth.
  • The regulator has already considered the lawfulness of web scraping to train generative AI models and examined how the purpose limitation principle should apply to generative AI models.

ICO sets out priorities to protect children's privacy online

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Friday, April 5, 2024
PECR, Government, Algorithm, Commissioner, Risk, Eating, Information, Internet, Freedom, Telecommunications, Social media, Artificial intelligence, Ofcom, EIR, AI, Privacy, ICO, Environmental Information Regulations 2004, Parental consent, Self-harm, Information privacy, Data wrangling, FOIA, Advertising, Cryptocurrency

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is calling on social media and video-sharing platforms to improve their data protection practices so children are safer when using their services. This comes as the regulator sets out its 2024-2025 priorities for protecting children's personal information online.

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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is calling on social media and video-sharing platforms to improve their data protection practices so children are safer when using their services. This comes as the regulator sets out its 2024-2025 priorities for protecting children's personal information online.

ICO joins global data protection and privacy enforcement programme

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Friday, April 5, 2024
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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has signed onto a new international multilateral agreement with the Global Cooperation Arrangement for Privacy Enforcement (Global CAPE) to cooperate in cross-border data protection and privacy enforcement.

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  • The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has signed onto a new international multilateral agreement with the Global Cooperation Arrangement for Privacy Enforcement (Global CAPE) to cooperate in cross-border data protection and privacy enforcement.
  • Global CAPE members include the United States, Australia, Canada, Mexico, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, and Chinese Taipei.
  • "The ICO’s association with the Global CAPE is an important step in strengthening our relationship with other countries so we can work together to tackle global data protection and privacy issues.
  • Notes to editors
    - The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is the UK’s independent regulator for data protection and information rights law, upholding information rights in the public interest, promoting openness by public bodies and data privacy for individuals.

ICO reprimands London Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime for complaint web form error

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024
PECR, Greater London Authority, Metropolitan, Address, Information, Freedom, Telecommunications, EIR, Privacy, ICO, Complaint, MOPAC, Environmental Information Regulations 2004, Information privacy, Data wrangling, GLA, FOIA, Met, Cryptocurrency

The London Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC), which is responsible for oversight of the Met, had two forms available on its website - one to contact the Victims Commissioner for London and another to raise a complaint about how the Met had handled their original complaint.

Key Points: 
  • The London Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC), which is responsible for oversight of the Met, had two forms available on its website - one to contact the Victims Commissioner for London and another to raise a complaint about how the Met had handled their original complaint.
  • The incident occurred due to an error by Greater London Authority (GLA), which runs the London.gov.uk website, including MOPAC's pages and webforms.
  • Between 11-14 November 2022, a member of GLA intended to give four members of staff at MOPAC permission to access information shared through the web forms.
  • - To report a concern to the ICO telephone our helpline 0303 123 1113 or go to ico.org.uk/concerns.

ICO reprimands Dover Harbour Board and Kent Police over information sharing

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Failure, PECR, Employment, Kent Police, Information, Freedom, Telecommunications, Social media, EIR, WhatsApp, Port of Dover, Privacy, ICO, Environmental Information Regulations 2004, Public sector, Information privacy, Data wrangling, FOIA, International law, Cryptocurrency

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued reprimands to Dover Harbour Board and Kent Police after they breached data protection law.

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  • The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued reprimands to Dover Harbour Board and Kent Police after they breached data protection law.
  • The ICO found evidence that personal information was being shared in the group without appropriate safeguards in place.
  • The ICO found that Dover Harbour Board had an inadequate awareness of, and compliance with, data protection law and that its data protection training was insufficient for operational policing purposes.
  • But the use of these apps was the wrong approach and demonstrated a failure by both Dover Harbour Board and Kent Police to ensure their officers keep people’s personal information safe and secure.

ICO publishes new fining guidance

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024
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The Information Commissioner’s Office has published new data protection fining guidance setting out how it decides to issue penalties and calculate fines.

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  • The Information Commissioner’s Office has published new data protection fining guidance setting out how it decides to issue penalties and calculate fines.
  • The guidance provides greater transparency for organisations about how the ICO goes about using its fining power.
  • Tim Capel, ICO Director of Legal Service, said:
    “We believe the guidance will provide certainty and clarity for organisations.
  • The new guidance replaces the sections about penalty notices in the ICO Regulatory Action Policy published in November 2018.

ICO orders Serco Leisure to stop using facial recognition technology to monitor attendance of leisure centre employees

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Saturday, March 9, 2024
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Regulator issues enforcement notices ordering Serco Leisure and community leisure trusts to stop using FRT and fingerprint scanning to monitor workers’ attendance

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Regulator issues enforcement notices ordering Serco Leisure and community leisure trusts to stop using FRT and fingerprint scanning to monitor workers’ attendance

ICO calls for people to share experiences accessing care records as it vows to improve support

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Saturday, March 9, 2024
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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is calling on people with experience of the care system in the UK to share the challenges they have faced when accessing their care records from organisations.

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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is calling on people with experience of the care system in the UK to share the challenges they have faced when accessing their care records from organisations.

Supporting the right of access for people with experience of the care system in Scotland

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Saturday, March 9, 2024
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Records of personal information are so important to people who have experience of the care system, as they are often key to understanding their personal history and identity.

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Records of personal information are so important to people who have experience of the care system, as they are often key to understanding their personal history and identity.

ICO finds the Home Office’s pilot of GPS electronic monitoring of migrants breached UK data protection law

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Saturday, March 9, 2024
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Home Office pilot scheme failed to assess privacy intrusion of GPS monitoring.

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Home Office pilot scheme failed to assess privacy intrusion of GPS monitoring.