United Kingdom: Information Commissioner's Office inquiry into cookie compliance across top 1,000 websites
Progress
Current status
under deliberation
04 Dec 2025 under deliberation
23 Jan 2025 under deliberation
Scope
Implementers
United Kingdom
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
Information Commissioner’s Office issued update in inquiry into cookie compliance across top 1'000 websites in United Kingdom
On 4 December 2025, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued an update in its ongoing inquiry into the compliance of the UK’s top 1'000 websites with data protection regulations. The ICO stated that 95% of the top 1'000 websites met the IC…
SourceEvent type
inquiry
Action type
announcement
Government branch
executive
Government body
data protection authority
Information Commissioner’s Office announced inquiry into cookie compliance across top 1,000 websites in United Kingdom
On 23 January 2025, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) announced plans to bring the UK’s top 1,000 websites into compliance with data protection regulations. Building on its review of the top 200 websites, where 134 organisations were found…
SourceEvent type
inquiry
Action type
announcement
Government branch
executive
Government body
data protection authority