Category: Information commissioner

Leisure centres scrap biometric systems to keep tabs on staff amid UK data watchdog clampdown

Firms such as Serco and Virgin Active pull facial recognition and fingerprint scan systems used to monitor staff attendanceDozens of companies including national leisure centre chains are reviewing or pulling facial recognition...

Read More

Call to extend Scottish FoI laws to private firms running public services

Exclusive: Outgoing information commissioner says transparency eroded by rapid rise in outsourcingScotland’s transparency laws need to be strengthened to cover private firms that own billions of pounds worth of hospitals,...

Read More

NHS data breach: trusts shared patient details with Facebook without consent

Observer investigation reveals Meta Pixel tool passed on private details of web browsing on medical sitesNHS trusts are sharing intimate details about patients’ medical conditions, appointments and treatments with Facebook...

Read More

Met police illegally filmed children as young as 10 at climate protest

Big Brother Watch’s FoI request shows force rebuked by watchdog for recording 2019 school strike action in LondonPolice unlawfully spied on children as young as 10 taking part in a climate strike protest in London,...

Read More

Inquiry into leak of Matt Hancock kiss images leads to no prosecutions

ICO finds insufficient evidence against those suspected of capturing footage of minister with colleagueNo one will be prosecuted over the leak of CCTV footage showing Matt Hancock engaged in a clinch with a colleague in his...

Read More

Cabinet Office fined £500,000 over New Year honours list data breach

Regulator says safety of hundreds of individuals was jeopardised after their addresses were posted onlineThe Cabinet Office has been fined £500,000 by the UK’s data watchdog after the postal addresses of the 2020 New...

Read More
Loading

Breaking News

prev next