Data Guidance: At an evening organised by the GSM Association (GSMA) on the role of privacy seals on 26 March 2014, Iain Bourne, Group Manager for Policy Delivery at the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), stated that the ICO is ‘planning to introduce privacy seals within a year.’ Bourne projected the ICO to move forward on the scheme in May 2014, with invitations to tender in Autumn 2014.
Bourne said the ICO is looking at a co-regulatory approach to seals, whereby their office will produce an overarching document outlining what they would want from this scheme, however it would be left to industry to determine what elements would be assessed when certifying companies.
