Tag Archives: Information Commissioner’s Office

DfE blamed for data breach which provided age check services for online gambling

DfE

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has reprimanded the Department for Education (DfE) due to the misuse of personal information related to 28m children. The DfE had allowed Trust Systems Software, which traded as Trustopia, to share information from the learning records service (LRS) database for age-related screening services provided to online gambling operators. The LRS database maintains British pupils’ academic …

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Winning Post: Digging in the Sandbox of privacy

SBC News Winning Post: Digging in the Sandbox of privacy

Last week the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) granted the Gambling Commission its phase-1 sandbox approval to proceed with its Single Customer View (SCV) project.  Despite its GDPR greenlight, Regulus Partners outlines the foreseeable challenges the Commission will face in turning its headline project into reality. Meanwhile, in Manchester, Regulus observes another think-tank ‘echo chamber’ debate on gambling’s regulatory future take …

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