ICO Data Protection Officer Conference 2013

More than 800 data protection professionals attended #dpoc2013 in Manchester on Tuesday 5 March 2013. The day featured speeches, seminars and an information market. The keynote was delivered by Françoise Le Bail of the European Commission.

  1. All set for today's ICO Data Protection Officer Conference in Manchester #dpoc2013 http://pic.twitter.com/IvqLP8LpJ3
  2. Information Commissioner lauds “interesting times” as #DataProtection Officer Conf welcomes record numbers ico.gov.uk/news/latest_ne… #dpoc2013
  3. Rock concert start to #dpoc2013 ... Sort of! 800 Data Protection Officers here today and 300 on waiting list
  4. Information rights to take centre stage, rights for the individual and the information #shift #dpoc2013
  5. Jonathan Bamford, ICO Head of Strategic Liaison up now. Says we're all more special than Christiano Ronaldo. I think. #dpoc2013
  6. Jonathan Bamford, ICO - it’s a job for all of us to meet personal data challenges - not just the regulator, not just the DPOs #dpoc2013
  7. "more data than you can shake a stick at these days, but at the centre of it - personal data". #dpoc2013
  8. Compulsory assessments still being pressed for in key areas such as the health sector #dpoc2013
  9. Jonathan Bamford: ICO project to embed information rights in school curriculum will create informed generation #dpoc2013
  10. We ran seminars on topics including data sharing, anonymisation, good practice, marketing, technology, surveillance and the future of data protection legislation.
  11. ICO good practice for the future - flexibility in resourcing audits and a themed approach to advisory visits. Good times ahead #dpoc2013
  12. getting #anonymisation right at an individual level for non-identifiable data is vital for political & legal reasons #dpoc2013
  13. Peter Night, NHS, on anonymisation; we are taking bigger risks sometimes when NOT disclosing data if being too risk avert. #dpoc2013
  14. This year we ran our information market, bringing together a range of external exhibitors (including midata, UKAN, Direct Marketing Association and NADPO) along with ICO departmental stands.
  15. Caitlin Graham: be selective, be clear with customers and remember that you want the customer to buy in to you & not get annoyed. #dpoc2013
  16. Not convinced that a mandatory dpo role will help organisational cultures change for the better #dpoc2013
  17. Key note speech from Ms Françoise Le Bail – Director General for Justice, European Commission about to start #dpoc2013
  18. RT @Dilys_Jones:Françoise Le Bail-only 23% uk consumers feel that they have control of their data when shopping online #dpoc2013 #eudatap

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