Personal Information Online Code of Practice
Yesterday, the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) launched their Personal Information Online Code of Practice.
The new code is available online as an eBook together with associated guidance for individuals Protecting Your Personal Information Online. Hopefully the code will also be available as a standalone PDF for offline use and in print.
The Personal Information Online Code of Practice has been improved substantially since the draft for consultation was issued in December. The code describes the benefits of protecting personal information including increased trust, reduced reputational risk, better take-up of services, reduced risk of data breaches and associated enforcement action, improved competitive advantage, increased quality of data and decreased customer/client/citizen support costs.
I am pleased to see so many practical tips tied to real-world examples such as whether IP addresses are personal data (answer: probably). It is difficult to get the balance of detail and readability correct, but I think this document will hit the mark for many busy web site owners.
The code points to other matters that should be considered (e.g. risk assessments), but correctly doesn't details precisely how these are undertaken.
Update 9th July 2010: The Personal Information Online Code of Practice is now available both as a PDF and in print on request.
Posted on: 08 July 2010 at 08:25 hrs
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