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Two companies fined a total of £150k after bombarding people with spam texts offering financial, debt services

15 Hydref 2024, Newyddion

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined two Manchester based financial and debt management companies a total of £150,000 for sending in excess of 7.5million spam text messages to people.

£120k issued in fines to two companies for predatory marketing campaigns

10 Hydref 2024, Newyddion

We have fined two companies for making unlawful marketing calls to individuals registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS).

Criminal record and suspended prison sentence handed to former RAC employees for stealing personal information

09 Hydref 2024, Newyddion

Two former RAC employees have been handed a suspended prison sentence and ordered to complete 150 hours of unpaid work, for unlawfully copying and selling over 29,500 lines of personal information.

Changes to our services for businesses

09 Hydref 2024, Datganiad

We are committed to modernising our service and investing in tools that enable us to give time-pressed businesses access to our advice and expertise 24/7.

Preparing for the quantum-enabled future

09 Hydref 2024, Blog

Quantum technologies are advancing at pace, offering huge potential to improve our lives. For example, researchers are already using the next generation of certain quantum sensors to collect highly granular information about people’s brain patterns to improve medical research and diagnostics, while there are ongoing efforts to test real world applications for early stage quantum computers.

New data protection audit framework launched to help organisations improve compliance

07 Hydref 2024, Newyddion

We have today launched a new audit framework designed to help organisations assess their own compliance with key requirements under data protection law. The framework empowers…

What price privacy? Poor PSNI procedures culminate in £750k fine

03 Hydref 2024, Newyddion

We have fined Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) £750,000 for exposing the personal information of its entire workforce, leaving many fearing for their safety.

Our statement on changes to LinkedIn AI data policy

20 Medi 2024, Datganiad

"We are pleased that LinkedIn has reflected on the concerns we raised about its approach to training generative AI models with information relating to its UK users.

Our statement in response to Meta's announcement to introduce teen accounts

17 Medi 2024, Datganiad

Stephen Almond, Executive Director Regulatory Risk said: “We welcome Instagram’s new protections for its younger users following our engagement with them. Our Children's code is clear…

Guilty car salesman fined for retaining and selling data to competitors

17 Medi 2024, Newyddion

A man has pleaded guilty and been fined for unlawfully retaining and selling thousands of pieces of customer records from the car leasing company he worked for in Hertfordshire.

Action taken against Sky Betting and Gaming for using cookies without consent

17 Medi 2024, Newyddion

We have issued a reprimand to Bonne Terre Limited, trading as Sky Betting and Gaming, for unlawfully processing people’s data through advertising cookies without their consent.

ICO statement in response to Meta's announcement on user data to train AI

13 Medi 2024, Datganiad

Statement from Stephen Almond, Executive Director Regulatory Risk at the ICO.

Surrey Police show a “lack of seriousness about their obligations” as ICO issues enforcement notice over FOI failures

12 Medi 2024, Newyddion

Enforcement notice issued to Surrey Police over Freedom of Information backlog

ICO and NCA sign memorandum of understanding for further collaboration on cyber security

10 Medi 2024, Newyddion

We have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Crime Agency (NCA) that sets out how both organisations will cooperate to improve the UK’s cyber resilience.

Action taken against Labour Party for failing to respond to requests for personal information on time

28 Awst 2024, Newyddion

We have issued a reprimand to the Labour Party for repeatedly failing to respond to people who asked it what personal information the party held on them – known as a subject access request (SAR).

New tool helps small businesses create privacy notices

20 Awst 2024, Newyddion

We have launched a new, quick and easy-to-use tool to help small organisations and sole traders create a bespoke privacy notice and protect people’s information rights.

Datganiad yr ICO ar wasanaeth tanysgrifiad rhydd o hysbysebion

15 Awst 2024, Datganiad

"Un o'n flaenoriaethau yw i wneud yn siwr fod hawliau gwybodaeth pobl wedi'u cadarnhau gan y diwydiant hysbysebu ar-lein.

Dyn o Borthcawl wedi'i ddedfrydu dros scam ceir gwerth canoedd o filoedd o bunnoedd

13 Awst 2024, Newyddion

Dyn oedd yn cael gafael ar ddata personol trwy dulliau anghyfreithlon wedi'i ddedfrydu dros ein ymchwiliad.

Penderfyniad cychwynol i ddirwyo darparwr meddalwedd yn ddilyn ymosod ransomware 2022 oedd yn effeithio'r NHS a gwasanaethau gofal cymdeithasol

Datganiad, 07 Awst 2024, Technoleg ar-lein a thelathrebau

Rydyn ni wedi gwneud penderfyniad cychwynol i ddirwyo Advanced Computer Software Group Ltd £6.09m, yn ddilyn darganfyddiad bod y darparwr wedi ffili i osod mesurau i amddiffyn y llinell cymorth

Platfformau cyfryngau cymdeithasol a rhannu fideo ar hysbysiad dros ymarferion preifatrwydd plant gwael

02 Awst 2024, Newyddion

Rydyn ni'n galw ar 11 platfformau cyfryngau cymdeithasol a rhannu fideo i wella ansawdd eu ymarferion preifatrwydd plant.

Cefnogi awdurdodau cyhoeddus i fod yn agored a thryloyw

31 Gorffennaf 2024, Blog

O gwmpas yr amser yma blwyddyn diwethaf, ysgrifennais am ein tim rheoleiddiol Upstream ac ein ffocws ar gefnogi awdurdodau cyhoeddus i fod ar agor gyda'r cyhoedd maent yn gwasanaethu.

ICO yn ceryddu'r Comisiwn Etholiadol ar ol ymosodiad seibr yn cyfaddawdu'r gweinyddion

30 Gorffennaf 2024, Newyddion

Rydyn ni wedi rhoi cerydd i Gomisiwn Etholiadol ar ol i hacwyr cael mynediad i weinyddion oedd yn cynnwys gwybodaeth personol o dua 40 miliwn pobl.

ICO yn cymryd gweithrediad yn erbyn dwy sefydliad am risgio hyder y cyhoedd trwy diffyg i ymateb i geisiadau cyhoeddus am wybodaeth

29 Gorffennaf 2024, Newyddion

Rydyn ni wedi cymryd gweithrediad yn erbyn dwy gwasanaeth cyhoeddus ar ol i ymchwiliadau ffeindio allan mae nhw wedi diffyg i gwrdd ag anghenion sylfaenol ceisiadau gwybodaeth, wedi'i osod allan o ddan y Deddf Rhyddid Gwybodaeth 2000 (FOIA).

Ysgol yn Essex wedi'i geryddu gan ddefnyddio technoleg adnabod wyneb am daliadau ffreutur

23 Gorffennaf 2024, Newyddion

Rydyn ni wedi ceryddu ysgol sydd wedi torri'r gyfraith wrth iddyn nhw cyflwyno technoleg adnabod gwyneb (FRT)

Datganiad yr ICO yn ymateb i Google yn ddweud byddaf nhw ddim yn blocio cwcis trydydd parti o fewn Chrome

23 Gorffennaf 2024, Datganiad

"Rydyn ni'n siomedig bod Google wedi newid cynlluniau a ddim yn fwriadu anghymeradwyo cwcis trydydd parti o borwr Chrome.