Special categories of personal data

The Role of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in Relation to the GDPR. by Kefron in Blog No comments. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is the independent regulatory office in charge of upholding information rights in the interest of the public.

The ICO regulates data protection in the UK . We offer advice and guidance, promote good practice, monitor breach reports, conduct audits and advisory visits, consider complaints, monitor compliance and take enforcement action where appropriate.

It includes the collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction of personal data.