Information Commissioner, United Kingdom

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is the UK’s independent public authority which is responsible for data protection mainly in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland; and also ICO has right to conduct some international duties. ICO was firstly set up to uphold information rights by implementing the Data Protection Act 1984. The ICO declared their mission statement as to promote respect for the private lives of individuals and in particularly, for the privacy of their information by implementing the Data Protection Act 1984 and also influencing national and international thinking on privacy and personal information.

ICO enforces and oversees all the data protection issues by following the Freedom of Information Act 2000, Environmental Information Regulations 2004, and Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003, and also ICO has some limited responsibilities under the INSPIRE Regulations 2009, in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and UK-wide public...