In June 2022, the Information Commissioner published an open letter to public sector leaders, where he announced a two-year trial of a revised approach to working more effectively with public authorities across the UK.
We refer to this as the ‘public sector approach’, which saw the use of the Commissioner’s discretion to reduce the impact of fines on public bodies and aimed at improving data protection standards in this sector through guidance and proactive engagement.
We reviewed the two-year trial and published our findings report. Based on the findings, we are now inviting all stakeholders who may have an interest in our approach to help inform some proposed updates to the public sector approach.
In the meantime, we will continue to apply the approach outlined by the Commissioner in his June 2022 open letter.
Please respond to this consultation using this online form by 31 January 2025.
If you need to submit your response in a different format, please contact: psaconsultation@ico.org.uk.
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