John Edwards, UK Information Commissioner said: The Commissioner’s recommendations received support from a number of victims and policing representative bodies including Rape Crisis England & Wales, London’s Victims’ Commissioner, Refuge, the National Police Chief’s Council and the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners. Known as the ‘Stafford statement’ in England and Wales, this gives police access to victim’s information that can include school, medical and social service records. The Commissioner said that the police should immediately stop asking victims to consent to handing over excessive amounts of personal information. The Commissioner’s Opinion, published on, called for an end of the “digital strip search” when victims of rape or serious sexual assault report attacks to the police. The Opinion also featured in a number of publications including The Daily Telegraph, The Times, The Guardian, Daily Mail, Glamour magazine and policing trade press. The Commissioner was also interviewed on Sky, Channel 4 and 5 news. The Opinion received widespread media coverage including the Commissioner being interviewed live on BBC Breakfast News, the Today programme and LBC news channel. “Who’s under investigation?” - Commissioner’s Opinion on excessive collection of personal information from victims of rape and serious sexual assault – 6 June 2022 This can result in directors being disqualified and further civil action or criminal prosecutions.”įind out more about our work to recover fines. We also work closely with other enforcement agencies to disrupt and obstruct seriously non-compliant directors who for example, may persist in continuing to make nuisance calls or send unsolicited spam despite our fine. “Formal debt recovery via insolvency can be complex and take several years to conclude so whilst it may appear that no money has been recovered, action is still actually ongoing.
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Equally, where directors seek to avoid payment via insolvency we actively exercise our full rights as a creditor, including nominating Insolvency Practitioners whose investigations can result in personal claims against directors. However, where we identify organisations that can pay but won’t pay, we will pursue formal recovery action which can result in insolvency. “The ICO has robust but fair approach when recovering fines, providing payment plans where debtors are in genuine financial hardship.
We can issue fines under the Data Protection Act 2018, which sets out the obligations for organisations using personal data in the UK, and under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR), which sets out the rules around marketing by electronic means, including marketing calls, texts, emails and faxes. The New Statesman published a story about our fines issued since 2017. “We look forward to continuing to work constructively with the government as the proposals are progressed and will continue to monitor how these reforms are expressed in the Bill.” Our work to recover fines - 15 June 2022 The proposed changes will ensure my office can continue to operate as a trusted, fair and impartial regulator, and enable us to be more flexible and target our action in response to the greatest harms. Data protection law needs to give people confidence to share their information to use the products and services that power our economy and society. “I am pleased to see the government has taken our concerns about independence on board. “I share and support the ambition of these reforms. Responding to the government’s proposals, UK Information Commissioner, John Edwards said: The BBC, Daily Mail, The Guardian and Independent have covered the government’s announcement on the upcoming Data Reform Bill. Government's proposed reforms to data protection law – 21 June 2022
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