Author Archives: Peter Given
Government publishes DP Bill statement of intent
We have written an article on the Government’s statement of intent for the Data Protection Bill.
ICO fines loan firm for nuisance texts
The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined Provident Personal Credit Ltd £80,000 for sending nearly 1 million unsolicited texts promoting personal loans. The company used third party affiliates to send the communications, to which the recipients had not consented.
ICO publishes Information Rights Strategic Plan 2017 – 2021
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) recently published its information rights strategic plan 2017 – 2021. The strategic plan sets out the ICO’s mission to increase the trust that the public has in government, public bodies and the private sector; including trust in transparency, in the digital economy and in digital public service delivery. It also […]
The European Data Protection Supervisor publishes 2016 Annual Report
Giovanni Buttarelli, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) presented the EDPS Annual Report 2016 to the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs on 4 May 2017. By way of reminder, the EDPS is the EU’s independent data protection authority, tasked with ensuring that the institutions and bodies of the EU respect […]
ICO fines financial firm for sending unsolicited texts
The ICO has fined Monevo Limited, a finance brokerage firm, £40,000 for sending unsolicited marketing texts without proper consent. Between April 2016 and June 2016, the company sent 44,172 texts encouraging people to apply for loans and 130 complaints were made, prompting the ICO investigation. Under the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, […]
The Government calls for views on GDPR derogations
The UK Government has launched a Call for Views on the derogations (exemptions) from the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which comes into force on 25 May 2018. Although there is limited scope for flexibility, the GDPR does allow member states to exercise their discretion over how certain provisions of the GDPR will apply […]
ICO fines credit broker for unsolicited texts
The ICO has fined a credit broker £20,000 for sending unsolicited communications in breach of regulation 22 of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003. Munee Hut markets its services partly through affiliates that send marketing texts that direct recipients to Munee Hut’s website. Between mid-2015 and spring 2016, 885 complaints were made about receipt […]
ICO and FCA hold big data use forum
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and FCA have published a summary of their forum on the use of Big Data in retail general insurance. The forum, held on 16 January 2017, was to engage with the insurance industry following stakeholder concerns raised as part of FCA’s call for input, on which it published a feedback statement […]
