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Influential EU privacy body adds their name to criticism of Facebook’s change to user profile preferences

17 May 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The Article 29 Working Party – a group representing data protection regulators across the European Union’s 27 Member States – has added its voice to the criticism of Facebook’s change to user preferences...

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New Government scraps ID card scheme and seeks further measures to protect people’s privacy and enhance freedom of public information

14 May 2010 | Paul Gershlick

It has been historic to watch the creation of a peacetime Government between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats. And how fascinating to see where both parties agree or disagree, and how they resolve...

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Music, movies, moolah – free online?

28 April 2010 | Mark Weston

The new Digital Economy Act includes provisions about online copyright infringement (including 'file-sharing' and 'peer-to-peer' transfer). Under the Act, over the next few months OFCOM is to supervise...

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Google suffers stinging attack on its privacy practices from leading privacy regulators in Buzz storm

23 April 2010 | Paul Gershlick

Google has received a stinging attack from leading privacy regulators. The online giant came under fire after it had launched a new service called Buzz that took what had previously been private data from...

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Parties set out stall in election manifestos

21 April 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The political parties have made their manifesto pledges in the run-up to the General Election. Some say manifesto pledges are there to be broken. Nevertheless, they’re a good indication of the way a...

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Data Breaches: New Financial Penalties

13 April 2010 | Mark Weston

The Information Commissioner now has a new power to impose a monetary penalty of up to £500,000 if a data controller has seriously contravened the data protection principles and the contravention was...

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ICO warns three councils about future conduct after not protecting data sufficiently

13 April 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The Information Commissioner’s Office – the regulator in charge of enforcing data protection laws in the UK – has come down hard on three councils after they failed to protect the security of personal...

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European data protection supervisor concerned over data protection issues with international anti-counterfeiting trade agreement

25 February 2010 | Paul Gershlick

Peter Hustinx – the European data protection supervisor – has expressed concern that the anti-counterfeiting trade agreement currently being negotiated may not be protecting people’s data protection...

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Information Commissioner’s Office won’t go soft on charities on data compliance

23 February 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The Information Commissioner’s Office has hit a clear warning to charities that it won’t go soft on them, after it required the Alzheimer’s Society to sign a formal undertaking agreeing to comply...

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(ISC)² warns new big fines are finally bringing data security to boards’ attentions

19 February 2010 | Mark Weston

Imminent fines are bringing data security issues to boards’ attentions. Those are the comments of John Colley, EMEA managing director of (ISC)². (ISC)² is a not-for-profit organisation that educates...

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Latest news and views tagged data protection

Influential EU privacy body adds their name to criticism of Facebook’s change to user profile preferences

New Government scraps ID card scheme and seeks further measures to protect people’s privacy and enhance freedom of public information

Music, movies, moolah – free online?

Google suffers stinging attack on its privacy practices from leading privacy regulators in Buzz storm

Parties set out stall in election manifestos

Data Breaches: New Financial Penalties

ICO warns three councils about future conduct after not protecting data sufficiently

European data protection supervisor concerned over data protection issues with international anti-counterfeiting trade agreement

Information Commissioner’s Office won’t go soft on charities on data compliance

(ISC)² warns new big fines are finally bringing data security to boards’ attentions

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