The Latest Breaking News from ICO

Cold callers fined £400,000 for selling insurance to vulnerable pensioners

Some of the people who were targeted by the five companies had dementia or were too elderly to manage their finances, according to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)

Daily Mirror · Mar 16, 2022

Cold callers who targeted elderly and vulnerable fined £405,000

Five firms targeted people who had asked not to be contacted and some had accounts drained

Wales Online · Mar 16, 2022

UK data watchdog urges vigilance amid heightened cyber threat

ICO reports ‘steady and significant’ increase in cyber-attacks against UK firms over past two years

The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2022

Welsh company fined £200,000 for making more than half a million nuisance marketing calls

There were complaints about repeated calls for relatives who had died

Wales Online · Feb 2, 2022

NCA says end-to-end encryption poses challenge for law enforcers on child abuse

Agency responds after ICO says encryption plays an important role in children’s online safety

The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2022