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We can advise you on how to use data within legal boundaries and we routinely map out risk management schemes with respect to data management. We provide privacy policies and advise on dealing with enquiries from regulators and data subjects, as well as third parties seeking data and can provide innovative solutions for dealing with data export problems and responsibilities of data processors.

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Paul Gershlick
01923 208816
paul.gershlick@mablaw.com

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ICO advocates more organisations to agree to consensual data protection audits

26 July 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The Information Commissioner’s Office – the regulator in charge of enforcing UK data protection laws. – has called on private sector organisations to agree to consensual data protection audits. The...

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European Commission consults on harmonised data breach notification rules

21 July 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The revision to the E-Privacy Directive – which was recently implemented in the UK with the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Amendment Regulations 2011 – has introduced European...

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Lancashire Police given caution for publishing sensitive data about alleged criminal offence on website for all to see

16 July 2011 | Mark Weston

The Information Commissioner’s Office – the regulator in charge of enforcing data protection laws in the UK – has given Lancashire Police a stern talking to after the police had published sensitive...

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Cookie law gives ICO food for thought

3 July 2011 | Mark Weston

The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (the Regulations) came into force on 26 May 2011, and there has been confusion in many quarters as to how exactly to...

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Twitter agrees to UK council request to disclose details of Tweeter

1 July 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Twitter has agreed to disclose the details to South Tyneside Council of a user who was critical of the council on its site. The Californian-based organisation received a request from a Californian court...

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Hackers obtain personal data of 1.3 million Sega Pass users

30 June 2011 | Mark Weston

Sega has admitted that 1.3 million users of its Sega Pass online game service have had their personal data obtained by website hackers. The details include names, email addresses, dates of birth and encrypted...

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CCTV monitoring website told to change by ICO

29 June 2011 | Mark Weston

A CCTV monitoring website, Internet Eyes, has been forced to change the way it operates by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The website streams CCTV images from its retailer clients to its...

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Former T-Mobile employees given record fine for illegal trade in customer data – R v Hames and Turley, Chester Crown Court

26 June 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Two former employees of the T-Mobile have been fined £73,000 and given suspended prison sentences for the illegal trade in the phone giant’s customer data. Hames sold personal data to another Turley,...

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Man fined for getting girlfriend to supply patient data so he could contact them to launch personal injury legal claims

24 June 2011 | Mark Weston

A man has been fined £2,000 for obtaining details about 29 hospital patients and the treatment they were receiving. His girlfriend worked at the hospital. He had been employed by Direct Assist, a personal...

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European Data Protection Supervisor critical of Data Retention Directive

21 June 2011 | Mark Weston

The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has criticised the Data Retention Directive in an opinion published in relation to the European Commission’s evaluation report on the Directive. The opinion...

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