The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)
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Practice notesThe Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)
Published by a LexisNexis Information Law expert
Practice notesThe Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is the UK’s independent regulator designed to uphold information rights, including data protection, electronic communications and freedom of information rights. This Practice Note sets out the ICO’s remit, its legislative framework, the complaints procedure and the sanctions available.
What is the Information Commissioner’s Office?
The ICO is a non-governmental body sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). The ICO is responsible (among other things) for the regulation of freedom of information and protection of personal data. Its mission is to uphold information rights in the public interest by offering guidance to citizens and organisations, rulings on eligible complaints, and by taking appropriate action when the law is broken. The ICO monitors and issues reports about the timeliness of organisations responding to freedom of information requests as well as the adoption and operation of the model publication scheme across the public sector whereby authorities commit to proactively publish certain information (eg policies and procedures, minutes of meetings, annual reports and financial information) as a matter of routine.
The Information Commissioner
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Jurisdiction(s):
United Kingdom
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Key definition:
Information Commissioner definition
What does Information Commissioner mean?
The Information commissioner’s Office (ico) is UK's regulator for data protection, and regulates freedom of information and environmental matters, except in Scotland, which has its own freedom of information commissioner. It maintains a register of data controllers.
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