ICO publishes report on COVID-19 data protection challenges

12/12/2021 | ICO

The ICO submitted a report to Parliament discussing observations on data protection challenges and practices during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Former Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham focused the paper on how the flexibility of the data protection legislation could enable the use of data while maintaining protections. The paper also looks at best practices for preserving user trust as organisations deployed more digital and technological solutions that required user data.

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