Advances in the internet, the scale of public information collected by public bodies and businesses, and the pressure to share data in the name of efficiency, make being anonymous in 2011 ‘an ever increasing challenge’ Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham, will say today at an ICO seminar on anonymisation.

Political parties and campaigners must respect data protection law when campaigning for the upcoming UK referendum and local and national elections, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today.

An estate agent today pleaded guilty to the offence of failing to notify the Information Commissioner’s Office that his business processes personal data.

An online survey commissioned by the ICO has shown that 40% of people who have Wi-Fi at home do not understand how to change the security settings on their Wi-Fi networks. New ICO guidance on the issue of Wi-Fi security aims to get people thinking about whether they are doing enough to keep their connection secure.