Dom Smith

Group Manager at the Information Commissioner's Office. Views are my own, not the ICO’s.

[ICO - Information Commissioner's Office @ICOnews]

NEW: We’re consulting on changes to our approach to handling data protection complaints.

We want to deliver faster and more impactful outcomes, particularly for people whose complaints raise the most serious concerns.

Let us know what you think: https://t.co/QxnYEvxU5y

[Dom Smith @DomSmithICO]

Always a pleasure to present for the ICO. Our session this afternoon at the #DPPC23 was all about how we’re using the ICO’s shifts of approach to manage our complaints work.

[ICO - Information Commissioner's Office @ICOnews]

And we’re off!

There are loads of ways to take part in today’s #DPPC23.

👉 during the sessions you attend
👉 here on socials – use our hashtag
👉 our brand new DPO Community Forum. Sign up here: https://t.co/t5YrthpeRm

Don’t be shy! We’re all there for you.

[ICO - Information Commissioner's Office @ICOnews]

📝 We’ve published our annual action plan for October 2022 - October 2023, setting out the priority work we will deliver over the coming year to help us achieve our objectives.

Read it here: https://t.co/NArWk2hcPx

[ICO - Information Commissioner's Office @ICOnews]

#ICO25 is here – our new three-year strategy setting out our goals, ambitions and direction of travel to help empower you through information.

Find out more: https://t.co/Lv8T64CrS6

[ICO - Information Commissioner's Office @ICOnews]

Our final #BlackHistoryMonth post is a look to the past and offers hope for the future. Rosa, aged 9 and daughter of ICO Team Manager Bethan, was so inspired by hearing her Papa's story of the Windrush she gave a speech to her classmates and shared her message with us too.

[ICO - Information Commissioner's Office @ICOnews]

Stephen Bonner, our Deputy Commissioner, spoke to @alexhern about the use of emotional analysis technologies.

This is more fundamental than a data protection issue - at the moment, these technologies just don't work.
https://t.co/CUeBO8ioJS

[ICO - Information Commissioner's Office @ICOnews]

NEW: We’ve found immature biometric technologies, such as emotion analysis technologies, could be discriminating against people: https://t.co/baQ9K8Gmos

Learn more 🧵⤵

[Dom Smith @DomSmithICO]

@1Br0wn The link isn’t working for me?

[Dom Smith @DomSmithICO]

https://t.co/zumgBCBahv

[ICO - Information Commissioner's Office @ICOnews]

We're looking for views on our new draft monitoring at work guidance. It includes areas such as automated processing, monitoring telephones and using biometric data.

We want to know what you think of the guidance - let us know: https://t.co/Skn1Ck2Gfi

[ICO - Information Commissioner's Office @ICOnews]

University and college staff should do whatever is necessary to protect someone’s life. That's why we've talked with @UniversitiesUK to make sure universities feel confident they can share people's information lawfully.

[ICO - Information Commissioner's Office @ICOnews]

NEW: We have issued a formal reprimand to the Home Office, after sensitive documents were found at a London venue.

More: https://t.co/zAiba4xKGR

[ICO - Information Commissioner's Office @ICOnews]

NEW: We’ve published new guidance on the research provisions in the UK GDPR. It brings the research provisions together into one place, giving researchers, statisticians and archivists an easy way to check their compliance with data protection.

Here: https://t.co/ed8qhyM5PG

[ICO - Information Commissioner's Office @ICOnews]

Everyone in your business is responsible for complying with information rights laws. We’re here to help. We’ve taken the training modules we provide to ICO staff as part of their internal training and made them available for you to reuse.

Try them here: https://t.co/SeDvRPgHGm

[ICO - Information Commissioner's Office @ICOnews]

ICO25 sets out where we want to be in the next three years and most importantly how we're going to get there.

We're looking for your views on our purpose, objectives and performance measures, let us know here: https://t.co/XqMzeccLcX

[ICO - Information Commissioner's Office @ICOnews]

If you missed last week's #DPPC2022, or want to catch up on the seminars, you're in luck! We've uploaded recordings of the morning sessions and afternoon seminars for you to watch back and enjoy.

You can find them all on our website: https://t.co/u3olvIY2aa

[Parentkind @Parentkind]

The UK’s data protection regulator, @ICOnews is helping children and young people understand the power of their personal data as they learn, play and socialise online.

https://t.co/BnmfMwfXeK

[Dom Smith @DomSmithICO]

@larryliuzzo Solid pace 💪🏻

[Martin Hoskins @DataProtector]

A great set of training resources just made available from @ICOnews. This should save orgs ££££s on their external training budgets!