The U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published on Monday, July 11, a report about the government use of private correspondence channels like WhatsApp, private emails and messaging apps to conduct official business. As a result of the risks identified in the report, the ICO is...
The Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum (DRCF), a group of four U.K. regulators, published last week, April 28 two documents where it provided businesses with guidance about the benefits and risks of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) and how to audit algorithms. The United...
The UK’s new information watchdog says his county will seek a leading role in making Big Tech companies accountable as Britain frees itself of European Union data regulations. In an interview with the Financial Times Friday (Jan. 28), Information Commissioner John Edwards said Europe’s data...
It’s rare when a regulator asks stakeholders and consumers for advice on how it monitors and enforces. But that’s exactly what the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is doing. The United Kingdom’s independent authority was founded to sustain information rights in the public interest, promote transparency by government...
June 05, 2020
Financial institutions (FIs) in the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom are still thinking positively about open banking even as the COVID-19 pandemic creates obstacles. FIs and their regulators are clinging to that vision even as they work to answer complicated questions brought about by the virus surrounding online payments, security and data privacy. […]
July 23, 2024
British regulators are reportedly monitoring Google and the digital advertising industry after the tech giant said Monday (July 22) that it will continue to allow cookies in its Chrome browser, while allowing users to turn them on or off. Google had pledged in 2020 to eliminate all cross-website cookies within two years, and its announcement […]
January 28, 2022
The UK’s new information watchdog says his county will seek a leading role in making Big Tech companies accountable as Britain frees itself of European Union data regulations. In an...
December 27, 2021
It’s rare when a regulator asks stakeholders and consumers for advice on how it monitors and enforces. But that’s exactly what the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is doing. The United Kingdom’s independent...
July 11, 2018
Facebook was hit with a $660,000 fine, the maximum allowed, by the British Information Commissioner’s Office over its data scandal with now-defunct political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica. According to a...
