The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)

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The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) Graham Smith Deputy Information Commissioner and Director of Freedom of Information 29 September 2010

ICO History (1) Established 1985 as Data Protection Registrar To regulate and enforce Data Protection Act 1984 Computerised records only Register of data controllers

ICO History (2) Becomes Data Protection Commissioner 2000 Revised Data Protection Act 1998 To comply with EC Directive 95/46 Extends to manual records in a relevant filing system 3

ICO History (3) Becomes Information Commissioner 2001 Remit includes Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2000 Good practice responsibilities and publication schemes Fully in force including complaint handling 2005 Environmental Information Regulations 2005 (EIR) 4

The Information Commissioner Corporation sole – powers and duties in one person Independent of Government Reports to Parliament 5 year term of office Up to 2 deputy commissioners 5

Resources All staff are employees of the Commissioner Data protection funding from notification fees FOI/EIR funding from government grant Cannot switch funding or generate income for profit 6

ICO Mission To uphold information rights in the public interest, promoting openness by public bodies and data privacy for individuals 7

DP and FOI Legal powers and duties similar Promotion of good practice Complaint handling and enforcement But can order FOI disclosures … … and prosecute for DP offences 8

ICO Departments Operations Policy Delivery Strategic Liaison Corporate Affairs Organisational Development Finance, IT, Internal Compliance 9

ICO Original Building 10

ICO New Extension 11

Interior (1)

Interior (2)

Data Protection Casework 2009-2010 Cases received - 33,234 Cases closed 2009-2010 - 32,714 Closed within 30 days - 14,267 (43%) Prosecutions - 9 Enforcement Notices - 15 14

FOI/Environmental Information Casework 2009-2010 Cases received - 3,734 Cases closed - 4,196 Closed within 30 days - 1,887 (45%) Regulatory/Enforcement actions 3 15

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