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The ICO have issued a series of recommendations to AI developers and providers to ensure they are better protecting job seekers’ information rights. AI is increasingly being used in the recruitment process to save time and money, helping to source potential candidates, summarise CVs and score applicants. If not developed lawfully, these tools may negatively impact jobseekers who could be unfairly excluded from roles or have their privacy compromised.   The ICO audited several providers and developers of AI tools for recruitment and made almost 300 recommendations, such as ensuring personal…

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The ICO has launched a new audit framework designed to help organisations assess their own compliance with key requirements under data protection law.  The framework empowers organisations to identify necessary steps to improve their data protection practices and create a culture of compliance. It provides them with a starting point to evaluate how they handle and protect personal information.  Whether for senior management, data protection officers, compliance auditors or those responsible for records management or cybersecurity, the framework offers practical tools for building and maintaining strong privacy management. The framework…

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The ICO have launched a new, quick and easy-to-use tool to help small organisations and sole traders create a bespoke privacy notice and protect people’s information rights. Under data protection law, every organisation that holds people’s information needs to explain why it holds it and what it does with it. This is so their customers, suppliers, staff and volunteers know what will happen to their personal information. Organisations can provide this information through a privacy notice, which is displayed on its website or included in other communications, to ensure they’re…

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The ICO are calling on 11 social media and video sharing platforms to improve their children’s privacy practices. Where platforms do not comply with the law, they will face enforcement action. This follows our ongoing review of social media platforms (SMPs) and video sharing platforms (VSPs) as part of their Children’s Code Strategy. The Tech Lab reviewed 34 SMPs and VSPs focusing on the process young people go through to sign-up for accounts. Varying levels of adherence to our Children’s code were found, with some platforms not doing enough to…

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The ICO have released the following article: Water companies must put transparency first if they want to rebuild public trust, we have warned. John Edwards spoke out following ongoing public concern about sewage discharges and the lack of information made readily available to the public. We have today written to 12 water companies, calling on them to be as transparent as possible with their customers. The letter encourages water companies to proactively disclose information relating to sewage discharges on a monthly basis. This will provide more efficient and timely details…

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