In a recent speech at the IAPP Data Protection Intensive in the UK, Information Commissioner, John Edwards laid out the priorities for the ICO including children’s privacy, advertising technology, AI and biometrics including: Referring to the ICO cases against Snap and TikTok and other investigations underway, stating that the ICO ‘ will continue to apply the full range of regulatory powers to keep children’s information safe.’ In relation to Adtech, stating that the ICO will be prioritising fair use of cookies and that the ‘message is clear – it must be just as easy to reject all non-essential cookies, as it is to accept them.’ In relation to AI, the Commissioner said, ‘I have made a commitment that we will not miss the boat on AI in the same way policy makers and regulators did with social media.’ He referred to the consultation series on generative AI and the recently […]