Concern raised over light-touch approach of UK ICO

The decision to issue reprimands in two cases that put lives at risk has prompted questions.

Questions are being raised about the effectiveness of the approach adopted by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after two major cases in which people’s lives were placed at risk were punished only by the issue of reprimands.

In April, the UK Ministry of Justice was reprimanded after

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