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).
Terms that appear alongside information commissioner
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as information commissioner. The number is how many controls name both.
- data protection 8 shared controls
- compliance 3 shared controls
- governance 3 shared controls
- data breach 2 shared controls
- sensitive personal data 2 shared controls
- gdpr 2 shared controls
- confidentiality 2 shared controls
- accountability 2 shared controls
Frameworks that govern information commissioner
What the standards actually require on information commissioner
Requirements naming information commissioner across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
A person affected by an FOI decision may apply to the Information Commissioner for review of the decision within the time limits Division 4 of Part VII sets;
freedom-of-information-act-1982-australia::part7-ic-review · Review by the Information Commissioner: the applicant's right to external review →The Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC) established by the Jamaica Data Protection Act 2020 Sections 6-15 + Schedule serves as Jamaica's independent supervisory authority for data protection.
JM-DPA2020-Information-Commissioner-Sec6-15-OIC-Office-Information-Commissioner-Establishment-Independence-Functions · Jamaica DPA 2020 Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC) + Sections 6-15 + Establishment + Independence + Functions + Powers + Registration Requirements + Investigation + Enforcement + Data Protection Council →The CDR Accreditor may audit an accredited data recipient's compliance with rule 5.12 and its accreditation conditions, and may by written notice require copies of records the Division requires or information from them;
competition-and-consumer-consumer-data-right-rules-2020::9.7 · Rule 9.7: produce records and information when the CDR Accreditor audits →Independence, functions, and powers of the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner
FADP-16 · FDPIC Independence and Functions →A provider of an age-restricted social media platform must not collect information of a kind specified in the legislative rules for the purpose, or for purposes including the purpose, of complying with s 63D.
australia-online-safety-act-2021::s63DA · Do not collect prohibited kinds of information for age assurance →Conform to and document data breach reporting requirements and related liabilities, for example under the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme administered by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.
australia-guidance-for-ai-adoption-2025::3.4.3 · 3.4.3 Conform to data breach reporting requirements →Questions people ask about information commissioner
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