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EU Justice Minister signals massive overhaul towards far stricter data protection laws for business

17 November 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Businesses will need to obtain explicit prior consent from individuals before processing data about them and give them the right to have their data deleted at any time especially if they post data on the...

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New Midata collaboration between large private sector groups, BIS and Information Commissioner hands back control of data to consumers

16 November 2011 | Paul Gershlick

A new scheme in which consumers will be empowered to manage data held about them by large private sector organisations such as Google and British Gas is going to be launched in 2012. Midata is the result...

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Justice Committee joins Information Commissioner in call for blaggers to face jail

10 November 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The Justice Committee has called for data blaggers to be jailed. Under the Data Protection Act, it is unlawful for someone to knowingly or recklessly obtain or disclose personal data without the data controller’s...

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Personal data breaches in private sector rise by 60%

6 November 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The number of data security breaches in the private sector has risen by nearly 60% in one year, the Information Commissioner’s Office has announced following a survey of 800 organisations. Christopher...

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Information Commissioner calls for compulsory data protection audits

30 October 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The Information Commissioner has reiterated his stance that compulsory data protection audits should take place for the private sector, local government and the NHS in order to improve how personal data...

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School and Union sign undertakings with Information Commissioner after unencrypted laptops with sensitive personal data on them are stolen

17 October 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The Association of School and College Leaders and Holly Park School have signed separate undertakings with the Information Commissioner’s Office after laptops containing sensitive personal data had been...

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NHS Trust accidentally leaves 10,000 patients’ records in waste disposal room for shredding

11 October 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Over 10,000 records of hospital patients and staff were presumed to have been accidentally destroyed after Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust had temporarily stored them in a waste disposal room and then...

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Police did not need to disclose information on sexual offender stats at schools because it was only in the public interest and not substantial public interest – Smith v Information Commissioner’s Office, Information Tribunal

7 October 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Ms Smith made a request to Devon and Cornwall Constabulary to disclose the number of teaching staff in schools and colleges in Torbay, Teignbridge and South Hams who had been investigated, cautioned and...

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Information Commissioner calls for new custodial sentences to tackle blagging

2 October 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The Information Commissioner’s Office has called for the introduction of custodial sentences for blaggers – which is where people use deceptive means to obtain personal data from data controllers....

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Sony requires PlayStation Network users to sign up to terms and conditions that waive their collective rights of redress

27 September 2011 | Mark Weston

Sony has required its PlayStation Network users to sign up to new terms and conditions that would amount to their waiver of the right to take part in collective legal action, or so-called “class action...

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Latest news and views tagged data protection act

EU Justice Minister signals massive overhaul towards far stricter data protection laws for business

New Midata collaboration between large private sector groups, BIS and Information Commissioner hands back control of data to consumers

Justice Committee joins Information Commissioner in call for blaggers to face jail

Personal data breaches in private sector rise by 60%

Information Commissioner calls for compulsory data protection audits

School and Union sign undertakings with Information Commissioner after unencrypted laptops with sensitive personal data on them are stolen

NHS Trust accidentally leaves 10,000 patients’ records in waste disposal room for shredding

Police did not need to disclose information on sexual offender stats at schools because it was only in the public interest and not substantial public interest – Smith v Information Commissioner’s Office, Information Tribunal

Information Commissioner calls for new custodial sentences to tackle blagging

Sony requires PlayStation Network users to sign up to terms and conditions that waive their collective rights of redress

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