Legal challenge launched against UK data watchdog over failure to act on thousands of privacy complaints
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Good Law Project and Open Rights Group are legally challenging the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) for failing to enforce data protection laws. Despite receiving nearly 40,000 data protection complaints last year, the ICO issued only two fines. The groups argue the regulator is neglecting its legal duty under UK GDPR to safeguard privacy and investigate complaints, with over 220,000 complaints received in recent years yielding minimal enforcement action.
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But despite being flooded with nearly 40,000 complaints last year, the regulator only issued two fines.
The wider picture isn't any better. In the face of over 220,000 comp
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