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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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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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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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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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Housing associations agree to ensure data about tenants protected under lock and key after data breach involving 20,000 tenants

26 August 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Lewisham Homes and Wandle Housing Association have signed undertakings with the Information Commissioner’s Office promising to take better care of personal data after a contractor who had worked for...

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ICO tells school to learn lesson of avoiding passwords for duplicate purposes after 20,000 people’s personal data compromised by hack attack

25 August 2011 | Mark Weston

Personal data belonging to 20,000 pupils, parents and teachers have been hacked after hackers (including one school pupil) on a school website managed to access the rest of the school’s systems. This...

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ICO urges health sector culture shift on data protection

29 July 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The Information Commissioner’s Office – the regulator in charge of enforcing UK data protection laws. – has urged health sector organisations to better protect personal data. It claims that there...

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European Commission consults on harmonised data breach notification rules

21 July 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The revision to the E-Privacy Directive – which was recently implemented in the UK with the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Amendment Regulations 2011 – has introduced European...

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Latest news and views tagged data theft

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

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

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

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

Housing associations agree to ensure data about tenants protected under lock and key after data breach involving 20,000 tenants

ICO tells school to learn lesson of avoiding passwords for duplicate purposes after 20,000 people’s personal data compromised by hack attack

ICO urges health sector culture shift on data protection

European Commission consults on harmonised data breach notification rules

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