The Information Commissioner's Office is the UK's independent authority set up to promote access to official information and to protect personal information

The ICO will be holding its Data Protection Officer Conference on Monday 10 March 2008 in Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall.

The ICO recommends that sensitive personal information should be protected using approved encryption software.

The Information Commissioner’s Office hosted a conference entitled 'Surveillance Society: Turning Debate into Action' at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester at which it launched the “Privacy Impact Assessment Handbook” a new tool for the UK. 

Find out more about the Commissioner's current work with public authorities to develop new model publication schemes, as part of the Development and Maintenance Initiative (DMI).

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