15 September 2010 | Paul Gershlick
Estate agents have been warned: the Information Commissioner’s Office is looking to check you out. The ICO – the regulator in charge of enforcing data protection law in the UK – has warned estate...
Tags on this discussion: data data controller data protection data protection act DPA Estate Agent ICO Information Commissioner Information Commissioner's Office mandatory notification misuse of data personal data
1 September 2010 | Mark Weston
52% of employees would steal their employer’s property before leaving their employment. Nearly a quarter would take customer contact details, while a similar number would take stationery. These are the...
Tags on this discussion: confidential information data data controller data security data theft databases employ employee Employees employer Employers Employment Employment issues Intellectual property intellectual property rights IP misuse of data sensitive personal data
24 August 2010 | Mark Weston
Facebook has launched a new feature that allows people to see where a user is. Facebook has extolled the virtues of Facebook Places by saying that it is useful for two friends to see if they are both in...
Tags on this discussion: Online privacy social networking site web site web sites Website website content
16 August 2010 | Mark Weston
Virgin Media breached the CAP Code by emailing a customer who had opted-out of marketing communications with details of other aspects of the service that the customer may be missing out on. Virgin argued...
Tags on this discussion: Advertising Standards Authority ASA CAP code data data protection act data subject misleading advertising misuse of data opt-out personal data
11 August 2010 | Mark Weston
The Information Commissioner’s Office has given Google a ticking off but went on to say that no further action was necessary after the UK’s data protection regulator had investigated the search engine...
Tags on this discussion: data data controller data protection data protection act data security data subject ICO Information Commissioner Information Commissioner's Office interception of communications personal data privacy wi-fi
23 July 2010 | Paul Gershlick
The Information Commissioner’s Office – the UK’s information regulator – is set to get tough with public bodies that fail to comply with the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The Act gives people...
Tags on this discussion: data enforcement enforcement notice FOIA freedom of information freedom of information act ICO Information Commissioner Information Commissioner's Office request for information
23 July 2010 | Mark Weston
About 30 public sector staff have been sacked in the last year for inappropriately snooping on personal data that had come from the Department for Work and Pensions’ Customer Information System. The...
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21 July 2010 | Paul Gershlick
About 50% of UK businesses think the UK’s data protection laws should be tougher, and 87% want anyone disclosing sensitive data to be required to reveal that fact. That is according to a survey of 1,200...
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