United Kingdom: Closed Consultation on the Information Commissioner's Office Enterprise Data Strategy

On 12 March 2024, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) closed its consultation on the new Enterprise Data Strategy (EDS). The EDS is designed to guide the ICO's corporate, regulatory, and strategic priorities using data. The ICO's data management strategy encompasses five main areas: operational framework and delivery models for data, stringent data governance and quality standards, fostering a data-centric culture and literacy within the organisation, enhancing capabilities and expertise among data professionals, and developing a robust data, analytics, and machine learning technology infrastructure. The strategy involves 'Lighthouse Projects' to quickly add value and mitigate risks. The evaluation of these projects is based on their impact, strategic alignment, complexity, and dependencies. The implementation roadmap is phased over several years, with the first year focusing on data governance, the second on enhancing data platform capabilities, and subsequent years aiming to automate compliance and expand AI/ML applications.