The Information Commissioner's Office is the UK's independent authority set up to promote access to official information and to protect personal information
Find out what personal information is held about you
Access information from a public body
Prevent unwanted sales calls and spam emails
Find out information about the environment
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Organisations that process personal data must take appropriate measures against unauthorised or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction of or damage to it.
The ICO has produced guidance for organisations about some of the things that need to be considered in the event of a data security breach, for example the loss of a hard drive, memory stick or disk containing personal details.
Read our guidance on data security breach management Read our guidance on reporting a data breach to the ICO
On Wednesday 26 November 2008 the Information Commissioner’s Office will be hosting the ‘Privacy by Design’ conference at the Lowry Hotel in Manchester. The centrepiece of this free conference will be the publication of an ICO commissioned report promoting the concept of privacy by design.To read more about the conference, click here.