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UK: Google’s U-Turn on Device Fingerprinting: ICO’s Response and Subsequent Guidance

By Jules Toynton & Isla Neil on January 30, 2025

Posted in Cookies, Direct marketing, ePrivacy, Privacy Law, Tracking technologies

In a December, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) responded to Google’s decision to lift a prohibition on device fingerprinting (which involves collecting and combining information about a device’s software and hardware, for the purpose of identifying the device) for organisations using its advertising products, effective from 16 February 2025 (see an overview of…

UK: Enforcement Against the Use of Biometrics in the Workplace

By James Clark, Katherine Gibson, Isla Neil & Ataikor Ngerebara on February 29, 2024

Posted in Enforcement

The ICO has issued an enforcement notice which provides valuable insights into its approach to the use of biometrics in the workplace, and the lawfulness of employee monitoring activities more broadly.

On 23 February 2024, the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) ordered Serco Leisure Operating Limited (“Serco”), an operator of leisure facilities, to stop using facial…