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Consultation - New electronic mail marketing rules for charities
We’re consulting on our approach to the charitable purpose soft opt-in . This new way for charities to send electronic mail marketing has been added to the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR) by the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 but is not yet in force. The information is primarily aimed at charities, but we welcome input and feedback from anybody with an interest in this topic. Please review our approach to the charitable...
Guidance on 'profiling tools for online safety' - survey
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is gathering feedback on its guidance on 'profiling tools for online safety'. The guidance outlines the data protection and privacy considerations to take into account when using profiling tools in trust and safety systems, including where they are used to meet the requirements of the Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA). You can read the guidance on our website here: ...
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Encryption guidance consultation
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is consulting on draft updated guidance on encryption . Your responses will help us to provide any additional further clarity for the final guidance update. We welcome your feedback to the questions set out in this survey. They're split into the following sections: Section 1: About you and your organisation. Section 2: Your views on our approach to encryption and data protection law. Section 3: Questions about the...
Call for Views - International Transfers Guidance
The ICO wants to hear your views on our current international transfers guidance . In January of this year we published the letter we sent to the Prime Minister, the Chancellor and the Business Secretary in response to their request to the Information Commissioner for proposals to boost business confidence, improve the investment climate, and foster sustainable economic growth. In our response we committed to publishing new and updated guidance on international...
Our approach to regulating online advertising - Call for views
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is calling for views on our approach to regulating online advertising. Please ensure you've read our call for views and online tracking strategy update before responding. Your responses will help us to develop our views. We welcome your feedback to the questions set out in this survey. They're split into four sections: Section 1: Advertising purposes and capabilities Section 2: Impacts of...
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