Computing reports the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is investigating the data-sharing practices of the charity sector after reports that some organizations may be profiting from donor contact data. Information Commissioner Christopher Graham described the allegations as “clearly concerning” and said the ICO is currently trying to “work out exactly what has happened.” Some of the charities named in the investigation have defended their practices. Separately, the ICO has said there are “strong levels of interest” from businesses in its privacy seals project, which it expects to be “up and running” in advance of when the EU General Data Protection Regulation comes into force.
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