The Information Commissioner's Office ("ICO") has announced in the latest edition of its e-newsletter that it will be examining the privacy policies of 250 of the UK's most popular websites during the
The Information Commissioner's Office ("ICO") has announced in the latest edition of its e-newsletter that it will be examining the privacy policies of 250 of the UK's most popular websites during the week of 6 - 11 May 2013 as part of 'Internet Sweep Day'. Each website will be reviewed to check whether it contains an accessible privacy policy in accordance with relevant UK and international laws.
The Internet Sweep Day initiative isn't limited to just the UK, as the ICO is working in conjunction with other global data protection authorities. The results of the review will be collected and sent back to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Canada and a report of the findings will be published in the Autumn.
There is no word yet on which websites the ICO is set to consider, but this is yet another wake up call for businesses who haven't started thinking about their public facing documents and policies to get cracking!
The announcement comes hot on the heels of updates to the enforcement section of the ICO's website which show that the UK e-privacy enforcement space is certainly heating up and Google's updates to its privacy policy in an attempt to comply with EU cookie consent rules. Internal stakeholders who might be resistant to yet another review of an often overlooked part of any businesses website should be reminded that transparency is very likely to continue to be at the heart of the new European data protection framework. It is most definitely time to get a head start now.
The Internet Sweep Day initiative isn't limited to just the UK, as the ICO is working in conjunction with other global data protection authorities. The results of the review will be collected and sent back to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Canada and a report of the findings will be published in the Autumn.
There is no word yet on which websites the ICO is set to consider, but this is yet another wake up call for businesses who haven't started thinking about their public facing documents and policies to get cracking!
The announcement comes hot on the heels of updates to the enforcement section of the ICO's website which show that the UK e-privacy enforcement space is certainly heating up and Google's updates to its privacy policy in an attempt to comply with EU cookie consent rules. Internal stakeholders who might be resistant to yet another review of an often overlooked part of any businesses website should be reminded that transparency is very likely to continue to be at the heart of the new European data protection framework. It is most definitely time to get a head start now.