Latest News & Updates

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 du…

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 per…

On exit from the European Union, the UK and Gibraltar will become third countries for the purposes of the data protection legislation.

Controllers and processors in the Isle of Man cannot tr…

The Commissioner has issued 5 decision notices under the Freedom of Information Act 2015 following receipt of requests for review during 2018.

These include considerations of the application…

A mutual adequacy arrangement has been adopted by Japan and the EU each recognising the other's data protection legislation as providing adequate protection for personal data.

According to t…

The French data protection authority (CNIL) has given Google a €50M fine for "lack of transparency, inadequate information and lack of valid consent regarding ads personalisation". This is t…

The GDPR and LED Implementing Regulations (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (SD2018/0309) were approved by Tynwald at its sitting on 15 January 2019. These come into effect on 1 February 2019.

Th…

The UK Government Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has issued guidance for businesses about data protection if there is no Brexit deal in September 2018. This guidance can be…

The Office will be closed on the following days:

• Tuesday 25 December 2018
• Wednesday 26 December 2018
• Monday 31 December 2018
• Tuesday 1 January 2019

The Irish Data Protection Commission has released helpful guidance on the use of dashcams and compliance with the data protection legislation.

This can be found at: https://www.dataprotectio…

We are moving premises on 13 December 2018 and the Office will therefore be closed to visitors for the day.  Staff will, however, continue to respond to email and telephone enquiries as prom…

It is now three months since the new data protection legislation came into force in the Island. 

Since 1 August 2018, the Commissioner has received 47 personal data breach reports which have…

Digital Ethics took centre-stage at the 40th International Conference of Data Protection & Privacy Commissioners in Brussels this week.

In his opening address Giovanni Buttarelli, the Eu…

The final GDPR Newsletter has been issued by the Information Commissioner following the coming into operation of the new data protection law on 1 August 2018.

This final issue, Issue 13, con…

The new data protection legislation comes into force today, 1 August 2018, and, with the exception of a transitional provision for Part 3 (Notification by data controllers), repeals the Data…

The Commissioner's website has been updated and includes information about the new data protection law.  

New guidance is being developed and is published in the Data Protection Law 2018 Lib…

Tynwald has approved the GDPR and LED Implementing Regulations 2018 (‘Regulations’) and as a result the new data protection legislation comprising of the Data Protection Act 2018, the Data P…

The commencement of the new data protection law has been delayed as the branches of Tynwald were in disagreement and the motion to approve the GDPR and LED Implementing Regulations 2018, the…

The final draft of the last element of the new data protection law in the Island, the GDPR and LED Implementing Regulations 2018, has been made available prior to being laid before the June …

Three decision notices have recently been issued to the Department of Infrastructure, the Cabinet Office and the Financial Intelligence Unit.

These can be found at: https://www.inforights.im…

There continues to be large amounts of misinformation and myths with regard to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which businesses and organisations that process personal data mus…

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) takes full effect throughout the European Economic Area today, 25^th May 2018, marking the end of a 10 year journey since modernisation of the EU…

The Data Protection Bill 2018 has received Royal Assent and the two Orders, the Data Protection (Implementation of GDPR) Order 2018 (SD2018/0143) and the Data Protection (Implementation of L…

The Commissioner has released the seventh publication in the "Closer Look" series.

The new document, "A Closer Look at Accountability", forms part of the series aimed at assisting controller…

A new FOI decision notice has been issued to the Department of Infrastructure and can be found at: https://www.inforights.im/document-library/freedom-of-information-notices/

Guidance on maki…