{"id":20955,"date":"2025-11-24T09:37:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T08:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/24\/civil-liberties-groups-call-for-inquiry-into-uk-data-protection-watchdog\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T09:37:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T08:37:34","slug":"civil-liberties-groups-call-for-inquiry-into-uk-data-protection-watchdog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/24\/civil-liberties-groups-call-for-inquiry-into-uk-data-protection-watchdog\/","title":{"rendered":"Civil liberties groups call for inquiry into UK data protection watchdog"},"content":{"rendered":"

Campaigners including Good Law Project describe ICO \u2018collapse in enforcement activity\u2019 after Afghan data breach <\/p>\n

Dozens of civil liberties campaigners and legal professionals are calling for an inquiry into the UK\u2019s data protection watchdog, after what they describe as \u201ca collapse in enforcement activity\u201d after the scandal of the Afghan data breach<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A total of 73 academics, senior lawyers, data protection experts and organisations including Statewatch and the Good Law Project, have written a letter to Chi Onwurah, the chair of the cross-party Commons science, innovation and technology committee, coordinated by Open Rights Group, calling for an inquiry to be held into the office of the information commissioner, John Edwards.<\/p>\n

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\nCampaigners including Good Law Project describe ICO \u2018collapse in enforcement activity\u2019 after Afghan data breach
\nDozens of civil liberties campaigners and legal professionals are calling for an inquiry into the UK\u2019s data protection watchdog, after what they describe as \u201ca collapse in enforcement activity\u201d after the scandal of the Afghan data breach.
\nA total of 73 academics, senior lawyers, data protection experts and organisations including Statewatch and the Good Law Project, have written a letter to Chi Onwurah, the chair of the cross-party Commons science, innovation and technology committee, coordinated by Open Rights Group, calling for an inquiry to be held into the office of the information commissioner, John Edwards. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Campaigners including Good Law Project describe ICO \u2018collapse in enforcement activity\u2019 after Afghan data breach Dozens of civil liberties campaigners and legal professionals are calling for an inquiry into the UK\u2019s data protection watchdog, after what they describe as \u201ca collapse in enforcement activity\u201d after the scandal of the Afghan data breach. A total of …<\/p>\n

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