Masterclass
Topic: 'The price of a line and the unlawful trading of data'
Tuesday 1 April 2025
Venue: TLT LLP, Eden Building, Irwell Street,
Salford, Greater Manchester. M3 5EN
Hybrid: Also available online
9.00 - 11.00am
Supported by:
North West Fraud Forum are continuing their masterclass program with a hybrid event, run both in person at TLT and Online. We are delighted to welcome two speakers from the ICO,
AGENDA
8.30
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In person Registration, Refreshments and Networking
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8.50
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Online meeting join time
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9.00
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Welcome and Introduction
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9.05
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Kerry Smith, Investigations Group Manager, ICO
Topic: The price of a line and the unlawful trading of data
Session description: An insight into the lucrative world of the trade in unlawfully obtained personal data. Personal data is an extremely valuable commodity which Organised Crime Groups have long recognised, using it to attain benefit in the millions of pounds to the detriment of legitimate businesses and the wider public. This type of criminality is not victimless and can be the bedrock of large scale, complex and long-term frauds. The session provides an oversight of the work undertaken by the ICO’s criminal and financial investigations teams in relation to illegally obtained data, including the factors attributing to the values of data and subsequent risks to victims. This overview further provides an opportunity to reflect on how the work of the ICO may cross-over and support other agencies’ investigations involving data enabled crime.
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09.55
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Comfort Break
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10.10
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Catherine Sankey, Investigations Group Manager, ICO
Topic: ICO enforcement in tackling predatory marketing (scam calls and messages targeting vulnerable people)
Session description: This session will provide an insight about a recent ICO investigation into predatory marketing, pulling together intelligence threads and collaborating with other enforcement agencies to disrupt network of individuals targeting vulnerable individuals through the use of sucker lists.
The ultimate strategic objective of this ICO enforcement activity is to safeguard the public, limiting the intrusion into people's lives of outside actors looking to exploit often vulnerable individuals for financial gain.
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10.55
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Summary and Close
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11.00
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Post event coffee and networking
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SPEAKERS BIOS
Kerry Smith, Investigations Group Manager, ICO
Kerry Smith has worked at the ICO for over ten years and set up the ICO’s Financial Recovery Unit in 2017. The Financial Recovery Unit is a specialised team responsible for managing the collection of civil monetary penalties and financial investigations under POCA.
The Financial Recovery Unit also undertakes further investigations into the individuals responsible for breaches of legislation and looks to identify opportunities for disruption and obstruction which can involve partnership working with other agencies. Prior to joining the ICO, Kerry worked for a number of organisations in various enforcement and intelligence roles, including HMRC.
Catherine Sankey, Investigations Group Manager, ICO
Catherine Sankey manages the ICO Privacy and Digital Marketing Investigations Teams (PDMIT); these teams are responsible for enforcement of the data sharing or trading and direct marketing provisions in the Data Protection Act and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations 2003 (PECR).
Prior to joining the ICO, Catherine worked at the NCA for twenty years, successfully undertaking investigations into highly complex frauds, including romance frauds.
Attendance at this event is available for free for NWFF members
or an alternate colleague - please email us at admin1@northwestfraudforum.co.uk to register an alternate colleague.
If you are not a member you are welcome to join - click here for more information.
