UK privacy watchdog starts over with new board and Manchester HQ
The organization itself will be known as the Information Commission's Office and will continue using the ICO name.The change is more than a bureaucratic rebrand. The former regulator was a "corporation sole," meaning its statutory powers and responsibilities were vested in one person: the Information Commissioner. Those functions have now transferred to a corporate body overseen by executive and non-executive board members.
- ▪The organization itself will be known as the Information Commission's Office and will continue using the ICO name.The change is more than a bureaucratic rebrand.
- ▪The former regulator was a "corporation sole," meaning its statutory powers and responsibilities were vested in one person: the Information Commissioner.
- ▪Those functions have now transferred to a corporate body overseen by executive and non-executive board members.
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| Publication time | Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:42:00 +0200 |
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(function() { let windowUrl = window.location.href; windowUrl = windowUrl.substring(windowUrl.indexOf('?') + 1); let messageElement = document.querySelector('.shareableMessage'); if (windowUrl && windowUrl.includes('code') && windowUrl.includes('expires')) { messageElement.style.display = 'block'; } })(); security UK privacy watchdog starts over with new board and Manchester HQ The Information Commission replaces the Information Commissioner, putting statutory powers under collective control Carly Page Carly Page Published thu 1 Oct 2026 // 11:42 UTC READ MORE More than half of UK businesses lack confidence in basic cyber skills 1 day ago HSBC decides Samsung Secure Folder and Android's Private Space are no place for a banking app 7 days ago NHS Trust IT blunder overwrites 11 years of…
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