From the Fraud Jobsite
http://www.fraudjobsite.co.uk/news/view/75701
The Audit Commission was keen to emphasise that security procedures and data mining techniques have been audited and cleared by privacy watchdog the Information Commissioners Office.
I don't think so.
In fact, F of I requests have disclosed a spat between the NFI and the ICO, apparently because the NFI wanted a forward by the ICO to imply that he approved of the NFI whereas the ICO did not want to be represented as holding this position. The NFI asserted that the ICO position was a 'semantic argument'. The ICO said that it was, but that it held to its point.