ICO Data Protection Officer Conference 2012

Delegates heard from Francis Maude MP, Tim Kelsey (Cabinet Office), John Morrison (Sapphire) and the ICO's David Smith. Workshops followed, including sessions on cloud computing, data sharing, Binding Corporate Rules and reporting breaches.

  1. 500 data protection officers at #dpoc2012 in Manchester - what is the collective phrase - A Permission?
  2. Looking forward to the ICO Data Protection Officers Conference, welcome address just starting #dpoc2012
  3. The conference was opened by chairperson Graham Smith, Deputy Information Commissioner and Director of Freedom of Information at the ICO.
  4. Next up was David Smith, Deputy Information Commissioner and Director of Data Protection at the ICO. Here's David summarising his talk on the future of data protection in Europe.
  5. David covered a number of topics which some of you commented on...
  6. #dpoc2012 planning 60-70 more audits this year and more focused on sme's
  7. ICO to publish report on the use of CCTV in public transport #dpoc2012
  8. #dpoc2012 Cookie compliance - regulator focus will be on privacy-infringing cookies, functionality and performance cookies not a priority
  9. The keynote speech was given by Rt Hon Francis Maude MP. Here he is summarising his talk on the transparency agenda...
  10. RT @tkelsey1: Francis Maude to more than 500 data protection officers: data natural resource of 21st century #dpoc2012 #uktransparency @cabinetofficeuk
  11. Maude: why is data sharing so difficult when in public interest? Need to catch up with digital age. #dpoc2012 #uktransparency
  12. #ICO #dpoc2012 UK losing £38billion because of poor data sharing due to fraud, uncollected public debt and error according to Francis Maude
  13. Maude: privacy key, must tread cautiously in pushing boundaries on #opendata but must not be imprisoned by anxiety #dpoc2012
  14. To sum up Francis Maude at #dpoc2012 - Govt wants more transparency (in form of #opendata); want to share more data across Govt
  15. Tim Kelsey,  Executive Director of Transparency and Open Data for the UK government, spoke about the open data policy.
  16. Tim Kelsey @ Cabinet Office calls for "Trip Advisor" for public services. @tkelsey1 #ICO #dpoc2012
  17. 30% of all complaints received by the ICO are ineligible ! #dpoc2012
  18. #dpoc2012 today's theme appears to be "here are the general rules, now its down to you"

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