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Many transfers of personal data to the USA have relied upon the Privacy Shield to safeguard that data.  The Privacy Shield was an agreement between the European Union (EU) and the United Sta…

The Commissioner has issued a press release regarding the imposition of the first administrative fine under the Applied GDPR.

The Commissioner commented:-

 “The imposition of an Administra…

We are pleased to announce that our public counter will reopen on Monday 22 June 2020.

Details about how to find us and contact us can be found on the website: https://inforights.im/contact…

As restrictions on the Island are relaxed and staff return to work, employers will need to put measures in place to prevent the virus from spreading again.

The Island’s data protection legi…

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…

Guidance for individuals and controllers regarding the exercise of, and compliance with, data protection rights during the COVID-19 crisis has been updated on the website.

Guidance for indi…

PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COVID-19 PROTECTIONS PUT IN PLACE BY ISLE OF MAN GOVERNMENT.  The contact number for such queries is 01624 686262 or see covid19.gov.im

In …

Measures to control and prevent the spread of COVID-19 means more people will be working remotely. 

For remote working to be successful, it is important that organisations have effective re…

The Commissioner has produced guidance about coronavirus and compliance with data protection and freedom of information legislation. 

The guidance includes:

• data protection for health bo…

Candidates for election process personal data and must comply with the requirements of the data protection legislation.  

In addition, as canvassing for election falls within the definition…

An Enforcement Notice has been issued to a controller, the Department of Home Affairs, in respect of failure to comply with a request exercising the right of access to personal data. 

The E…

When the UK exits the European Union on 31 January 2020, the UK and Gibraltar will become third countries for the purposes of the data protection legislation.

Controllers and processors in …

Statistics relating to the number of formal compliance matters handled by the Commissioner during 2019, together with the number of notices issued, have been published.

This information is …

An Enforcement Notice has been issued to a controller, Macbeths Limited, in respect of failures to:

• comply with a request exercising the right of access to personal data (in CCTV images);…

Details of the new "Senior Compliance Officer" post, and how to apply, are available via the Isle of Man Public Service Careers portal.

https://www.jobtrain.co.uk/iomgovjobs/displayjob.aspx…

All 160 register entries remaining under the Data Protection Act 2002 will expire before 1 February 2020.

If your registration number is prefixed with an “N” and expires between 9 December …

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 quali…

Statistics relating to the number of formal compliance matters handled by the Commissioner for the year to 30 September 2019 have been published and are available below and at: https://www.i…

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 practic…

Updated guidance on the use of CCTV has been published.

• Guidance for controllers about the use of surveillance cameras can be found at: https://www.inforights.im/organisations/data-protec…

It is one year since new data protection legislation came into force in the Isle of Man, bringing the EU General Data Protection Regulation and Law Enforcement Directive into effect in the I…

The Commissioner has handled the following formal compliance matters during the period  1 April – 30 June 2019

Matters outstanding received during the period 1 August 2018 – 31 March 2019

When the new data protection legislation came into force on 1 August 2018, a transitional period was included to allow controllers time to make changes.  The transitional period ends on 25 M…

The website will be down between 2pm and 3pm on 25 April 2019 whilst the software and infrastructure are upgraded.

This should only be for a very short period, but if you have any queries d…

Compliance activity snapshot – 31 March 2019

The Commissioner has handled the following formal compliance matters during the period 1 January – 31 March 2019

Matters outstanding from the p…