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ICO says that enforcement action for use of Google Analytics cookies without prior consent is unlikely.

The ICO is to make changes to the information a public authority is required to release proactively in its FOI publication scheme.

The EU’s cyber security agency, ENISA has launched a practical guide for IT procurement teams which assesses the security of cloud service providers.

The International Chamber of Commerce UK has published cookie guidance to help website operators move towards compliance with new consent requirements.

JISC infoNet has published research on the true cost to an HE institution of processing an FOI request.

Guidance has been issued for government departments and other public sector bodies on how to comply with the new cookies regulations.

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)’s Do Not Track proposals are a step towards standards that will enable a user's browser settings to be used to manage consent to cookies.

Durham University breached the Data Protection Act after disclosing personal information on its website.

The ICO has updated guidance on how public electronic communications service providers should respond to security breaches.

The ICO has published new guidance on access to official business held in private email accounts.

The Cabinet Office recently published this document in order to encourage effective use of public sector data.  

Find out what your institution should be doing about its use of cookies in the JISC Legal article entitled "Cookies - Six months Until Enforcement".

The ICO has launched a campaign to get views about what information public authorities including FE and HE institutions should proactively release.