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The Commissioner has issued a decision notice under the Freedom of Information Act 2015 following receipt of a request for review.

This includes considerations of the application of a pract…

On 18 March 2024, the Commissioner issued Urgent Enforcement Notices to Ballakermeen High School & Castle Rushen High School requiring them both to ban the processing of personal data in…

Following our previous article highlighting the requirement for those processing personal data to register, and pay a fee, with the Information Commissioner, we have received a number of que…

Are you processing Personal Data? If so, do you need to be registered and pay the statutory fee? It could save you £10,000.

Businesses (including sole traders) or organisations processing p…

So, here it is, Data Protection Day – but what’s it about?

Quite simply, it’s about you. Everyone’s personal data are processed all the time, so it’s incredibly important that there are …

Today we’re highlighting your right in relation to automated processing. This right allows you to not be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing – i.e. where no humans hav…

Today we’re highlighting your right to object. This right allows you to request a controller (i.e. business, service provider, employer, government entity etc.) to stop processing the person…

Today we’re highlighting your right to portability. This right allows you to request a controller (i.e. business, service provider, employer, government entity etc.) transfer your personal d…

Today we’re highlighting your right of restriction. This right allows you to request a controller (i.e. business, service provider, employer, government entity etc.) to restrict the personal…

Today we’re highlighting your right of erasure – also known “the right to be forgotten”. This right allows you to request a controller (i.e. business, service provider, employer, government …

Your right to rectification is the subject of day three. This right allows you to request any inaccurate or incomplete data a controller (i.e. business, service provider, employer, governmen…

Today we’re highlighting your right of access - more commonly known as a subject access request. This right allows you to request access to your personal data that a controller (i.e. busines…

To begin Data Protection Week 2024 we’re highlighting your right to be informed. This right compels controllers (i.e. business, service provider, employer, government entity etc.) to provide…

The Commissioner has issued a decision notice under the Freedom of Information Act 2015 (“FOIA”) following receipt of a request for review.

This includes considerations of the application o…

The Isle of Man Information Commissioner’s office will be celebrating Data Protection Week 2024 by hosting drop-in sessions at three locations on-island during the week of Monday 22^nd – Frid…

The Information Commissioner has great pleasure in sharing the news that the Isle of Man yesterday learned it has maintained its “Adequacy Decision” with regards to (EU: 2016/679) the Genera…

An Enforcement Notice has been issued to Manx Care due to its failure to comply with Article 5(1)(d) (principle of accuracy) in respect of scanned patient records.

Manx Care is required to …

An Enforcement Notice has been issued to Department of Home Affairs ("DHA") due to its failure to have a binding contract with any of the public authorities using iCasework. This is followin…

The Commissioner has issued a decision notice under the Freedom of Information Act 2015 (“FOIA”) following receipt of a request for review.

This includes considerations of the application o…

The Commissioner has issued a Reprimand to each of the 20 public authorities impacted by the unauthorised access to personal data in the system used by those public authorities to record and…

The Commissioner has issued a second decision notice to Department of Infrastructure (“DOI”) in respect of a request made to it in August 2022 under the Freedom of Information Act 2015 (“FOI…

Further to the news item published on Isle of Man Government’s website on 15 June 2023 (https://www.gov.im/news/2023/jun/15/low-level-foi-breach-addressed/ ):

The Commissioner has now recei…

The Commissioner has issued a decision notice under the Freedom of Information Act 2015 (“FOIA”) following receipt of a request for review.

The decision highlights the failure by Marown Par…

The Commissioner has issued a decision notice under the Freedom of Information Act 2015 (“FOIA”) following receipt of a request for review.

This includes considerations of the application o…

The Commissioner has issued a decision notice under the Freedom of Information Act 2015 (“FOIA”) following receipt of a request for review.

This includes considerations of the application o…