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Information Commissioner

What is Information Commissioner?

The head of a data protection authority responsible for enforcing data protection laws within a jurisdiction. In the UK, the Information Commissioner leads the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).

Privacy

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as information commissioner. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on information commissioner

Requirements naming information commissioner across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

Independence, functions, and powers of the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner

FADP-16 · FDPIC Independence and Functions

Annual reporting obligations of the Information Commissioner, the System Operator and the Data Governance Board.

MYHR-GOV-3 · Annual reporting on the My Health Record system

Abolishes the office of the Information Commissioner and establishes the Information Commission as a body corporate, transferring functions and setting its governance, duties and powers.

DUAA-P6-INFOCOMM · The Information Commission

Global CBPR Forum coordination with adjacent privacy regimes. EU GDPR + GDPR ADEQUACY: no formal EU adequacy decision recognizing CBPR + ongoing European Commission dialogue; some EU companies use CBPR as supplementary measure + accountability evidence;

CBPR-Coord-GDPR-UK-Japan-Korea-Singapore-Philippines-StateLaws · Global CBPR Forum: Coordination with GDPR + UK GDPR + Japan APPI + Korea PIPA + Singapore PDPA + Philippines DPA + US State Laws

Determine applicability and maintain a documented data breach response plan per the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme established by the Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Act 2017 + Part IIIC of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) administered by the Office of...

AUNDB-A1 · Applicability, Scope, and Data Breach Response Plan

Questions people ask about information commissioner

What is Information Commissioner?
The head of a data protection authority responsible for enforcing data protection laws within a jurisdiction. In the UK, the Information Commissioner leads the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
Why is Information Commissioner important for compliance?
Information Commissioner is a key concept in Privacy. Understanding information commissioner helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Information Commissioner?
Information Commissioner appears in the requirement text of Jamaica Data Protection Act 2020, Switzerland New Federal Act on Data Protection (nFADP/nDSG, 2023), Australia My Health Records Act 2012, Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules (Global CBPR) Forum. Across these standards we have identified 10 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Information Commissioner?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how information commissioner applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

See how Information Commissioner applies across compliance frameworks

Our platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings. Explore how this concept is addressed across standards.

Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.