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Information Commissioner calls for prison sentences for data breaches, as data complaints to the regulator rise

16 July 2010 | Mark Weston

Christopher Graham, the Information Commissioner, has called for prison sentences to deter the illegal sale and purchase of people’s data. Graham, who is in charge of regulating data in the UK, said...

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Google’s Street View cars have been recording people’s wi-fi communications in error

25 May 2010 | Mark Weston

Google has been involved in more controversy over its Street View service, as its cars have been inadvertently collecting the contents of wireless communications from people’s unsecured wi-fi networks...

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European Commission sets out legislation plans for next 10 years

21 May 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The European Commission has published its Digital Agenda, which identifies its plan for legislation in the next ten years in the digital world. Its overarching aims include creating a digital single market,...

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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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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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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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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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Government data handling improving, says Data Handling Review

21 January 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The way the public sector handles personal data is improving. Those are the findings of the first annual report on the progress made since the Data Handling Review. The Review was conducted by Gus O’Donnell,...

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Latest news and views tagged data security

Information Commissioner calls for prison sentences for data breaches, as data complaints to the regulator rise

Google’s Street View cars have been recording people’s wi-fi communications in error

European Commission sets out legislation plans for next 10 years

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

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

Parties set out stall in election manifestos

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

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

Government data handling improving, says Data Handling Review

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