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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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Hackers obtain personal data of 1.3 million Sega Pass users

30 June 2011 | Mark Weston

Sega has admitted that 1.3 million users of its Sega Pass online game service have had their personal data obtained by website hackers. The details include names, email addresses, dates of birth and encrypted...

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Former T-Mobile employees given record fine for illegal trade in customer data – R v Hames and Turley, Chester Crown Court

26 June 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Two former employees of the T-Mobile have been fined £73,000 and given suspended prison sentences for the illegal trade in the phone giant’s customer data. Hames sold personal data to another Turley,...

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Man fined for getting girlfriend to supply patient data so he could contact them to launch personal injury legal claims

24 June 2011 | Mark Weston

A man has been fined £2,000 for obtaining details about 29 hospital patients and the treatment they were receiving. His girlfriend worked at the hospital. He had been employed by Direct Assist, a personal...

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Franchisee responsible for wrongful misuse of data by its employee but franchisor rights let down by poor contract wording – MMP v Antal, High Court

25 May 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Antal and MMP entered into a franchise agreement for MMP to operate a recruitment agency as one of Antal’s franchisees. One of MMP’s employees had a relationship with one of the candidates whom she...

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Information Commissioner investigates Sony PlayStation data theft loss

3 May 2011 | Mark Weston

The Information Commissioner is investigating the circumstances surrounding the loss of millions of people’s personal data, after Sony admitted that its PlayStation Network had faced a hack attack by...

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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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European Data Protection Supervisor wants better knowledge of security breaches and a right to be forgotten

2 February 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Peter Hustinx, the European Data Protection Supervisor, has published an opinion calling for people to have the right to be forgotten (by requiring online service providers to delete data about them) and...

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Information Commissioner’s Office uses new £500,000 fining powers under the Data Protection Act

30 November 2010 | Mark Weston

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) – the regulator of data protection in the UK - has issued the first fines under the new powers given to it to punish serious breaches of the Data Protection...

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Latest news and views tagged data theft

ICO urges health sector culture shift on data protection

European Commission consults on harmonised data breach notification rules

Hackers obtain personal data of 1.3 million Sega Pass users

Former T-Mobile employees given record fine for illegal trade in customer data – R v Hames and Turley, Chester Crown Court

Man fined for getting girlfriend to supply patient data so he could contact them to launch personal injury legal claims

Franchisee responsible for wrongful misuse of data by its employee but franchisor rights let down by poor contract wording – MMP v Antal, High Court

Information Commissioner investigates Sony PlayStation data theft loss

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

European Data Protection Supervisor wants better knowledge of security breaches and a right to be forgotten

Information Commissioner’s Office uses new £500,000 fining powers under the Data Protection Act

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