Local authorities are refusing to let the public access key information on how their money is being spent, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism has claimed.

The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust has said it is investigating a data security incident reportedly involving the Charing Cross Gender Identity Clinic.

A Divisional Court has dismissed a challenge to police use of Automated Facial Recognition (AFR) in what is thought to be the first time any court in the world has considered the technology.

The Information Commissioner’s Office has set out what it considers to be the three GDPR compliance challenges for town and parish councils.

The use of facial recognition technology at an office, leisure and retail development in King's Cross is to be investigated for compliance with data protection rules, the Information Commissioner has said.

The Information Commissioner’s Office has launched a consultation on an updated code of practice for data sharing.

A charge of £325 imposed by Folkestone and Hythe District Council for accessing environmental information was unreasonable, the Information Commissioner’s Office has said in a decision notice.

The High Court, sitting in Cardiff, is this week hearing the first challenge to the use of automated facial recognition by UK police.

Blanket use of CCTV recording in taxis and private hire vehicles would be disproportionate and should be imposed only where a strong justification exists, the Surveillance Camera Commissioner has said.

Around 467,000 Freedom of Information (FOI) requests are now made to local councils every year — almost double a previous estimate by UCL’s Constitution Unit in 2010, research by mySociety has found.

The High Court has ruled that Sussex Police unlawfully disclosed information about a vulnerable teenager to a local business organisation.

The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued a reminder to public and private organisations that the GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 do not stop them from disclosing personal data to assist police forces or other law enforcement authorities.

A Rutland County Council social worker has been handed a caution notice in force for 36 months by the Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service.

The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued a £120,000 on a television production company which unfairly and unlawfully filmed patients at a maternity clinic.

A former GP practice manager has been fined for sending personal data to her own email account without authorisation, following an investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined the London Borough of Newham £145,000 for disclosing the personal information of more than 200 people who featured on the ‘Gangs Matrix’ police intelligence database.

A member of staff at Leicestershire Police has this week pleaded guilty to one count of computer misuse.

An employee of an NHS Foundation Trust in the West Midlands has been fined for unlawfully accessing the personal records of 14 individuals.

There is a need for a step change in transparency by local public bodies and particularly those in the NHS, MPs have said.

The Department for Work & Pensions has successfully defended a High Court challenge brought by a homeless man who claimed that its approach to communication was in breach of its duties under the public sector equality duty.

Law firm Bevan Brittan has hired James Cassidy as a partner to lead its specialist information law team.

The Information Commissioner has called for the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) to be updated to include organisations providing a public function.

The Court of Appeal has quashed the conviction of a defendant for unlawfully obtaining personal data.

The Information Commissioner’s Office will reportedly not take action at this time against Chelmsford City Council after a website-related error caused personal data uploaded by more than 6,000 customers to become publicly accessible online.

A former headteacher has been fined for unlawfully obtaining school children’s personal data from previous schools where he worked.