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New data protection proposals announced for the EU

1 February 2012 | Paul Gershlick

The European Union Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding has launched the European Commission’s proposals for the reform of the data protection regime in the EU, with the aim of increasing a person’s...

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Sussex hospital facing £375,000 fine after hard drives with thousands of patient data ended up on eBay

13 January 2012 | Paul Gershlick

Following on from the Information Commissioner Office targeting the health sector for enforcement action for breaches of the Data Protection Act, the ICO has written to Brighton General Hospital proposing...

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ICO says only share data that is absolutely necessary

7 June 2011 | Mark Weston

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published new guidance under the Data Protection Act 1998, entitled the “Data Sharing Code of Practice”, which states that organisations should only...

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Liverpool NHS signs written promise to Information Commissioner’s Office after failing to have written contract protecting data with business helping with its office move

13 April 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Liverpool NHS has breached the Data Protection Act after the medical history of 31 children and their relatives was lost during an office move. The Information Commissioner’s Office objected to the fact...

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Hounslow Council fined £70,000 simply for failing to have written contract in place with data processor

3 March 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The Information Commissioner’s Office – the UK’s data protection regulator - has fined two more councils a combined £150,000 following the theft of two laptops containing sensitive personal data...

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Israel’s data protection laws ‘adequate’ for data export from EU

14 February 2011 | Mark Weston

Israel’s data protection laws have been deemed to be ‘adequate’, according to the European Commission. Under the European Union’s Data Protection Directive, unless a country’s data protection...

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European Commission updates data export laws to take account of sub-contracting in outsourced processing

18 February 2010 | Paul Gershlick

Under the EU’s Data Protection Directive, personal data cannot be transferred out of the European Economic Area unless there is adequate protection of the data. One way of ensuring adequate protection...

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Latest news and views tagged data processor

New data protection proposals announced for the EU

Sussex hospital facing £375,000 fine after hard drives with thousands of patient data ended up on eBay

ICO says only share data that is absolutely necessary

Liverpool NHS signs written promise to Information Commissioner’s Office after failing to have written contract protecting data with business helping with its office move

Hounslow Council fined £70,000 simply for failing to have written contract in place with data processor

Israel’s data protection laws ‘adequate’ for data export from EU

European Commission updates data export laws to take account of sub-contracting in outsourced processing

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