The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has been reprimanded by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) for unlawfully sharing personal data on 174 people with the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The data shared by the PSNI's extradition unit included information on criminal convictions and biometric data. Following an investigation, the ICO found that PSNI had "failed to put appropriate measures in place" to prevent the extradition unit from unlawfully sharing information with the DHS. As such, personal data was routinely sent to the US via email without encryption or password protection from 2016 through to October 2020. The PSNI has since taken remedial steps to improve its compliance.
What is this page?
You are reading a summary article on the Privacy Newsfeed, a free resource for DPOs and other professionals with privacy or data protection responsibilities helping them stay informed of industry news all in one place. The information here is a brief snippet relating to a single piece of original content or several articles about a common topic or thread. The main contributor is listed in the top left-hand corner, just beneath the article title.
The Privacy Newsfeed monitors over 300 global publications, of which more than 4,350 summary articles have been posted to the online archive dating back to the beginning of 2020. A weekly roundup is available by email every Friday.
