ORG critical of ICO's carrot and stick approach

12/11/2020 | Open Rights Group

Despite the ORG taking the ICO to court over their view that the UK regulator is failing to enforce the law against digital advertising, ORG decided to participate in the ICO draft strategy guidance consultation. In their opinion, the ICO's approach is becoming "a comfortable avenue for organisations which seek to buy time, and delay or avoid enforcement against their illegal practices". Meanwhile, The Times asks whether the ICO's blockbuster approach is the best way to regulate? 

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