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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...
ICO fines Midlothian Council £140,000 for sending details about children and carers to wrong people
The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined Midlothian Council £140,000 for sending sensitive personal data about children and carers to the wrong people on five separate occasions in the first...
Sussex hospital facing £375,000 fine after hard drives with thousands of patient data ended up on eBay
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...
Employee claims constructive dismissal after resigning following his uploading of CV onto LinkedIn
An employee of BG Group has claimed constructive dismissal after resigning following a row over his uploading of his CV onto LinkedIn, the business social networking website. The human resources professional...
Health sector tops list for focus of data protection regulator’s enforcement
The health sector tops the list of areas targeted for enforcement by the Information Commissioner's Office. This is in the ICO's latest information rights strategy. As well as health are the credit and...
ICO gives verdict on implementation of new cookies rules: websites must do better
The Information Commissioner’s Office – the UK’s data protection regulator - has given a damming report on websites’ implementation of new cookies laws, under which website users must receive clear...
Ticket exchange website loses as Court of Appeal orders disclosure of information about sellers for sale of tickets above face value – RFU v Viagogo, Court of Appeal
A ticket exchange website has been ordered to hand over to the Rugby Football Union details of people who have sold on its site England rugby tickets for above the ticket’s face value. Sales above face...
ICO advises communications providers to inform of data protection breaches every month
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has released updated guidance in which it advises electronic communication providers to inform the ICO of breaches to users’ personal data each month. The...
Atos to provide service that will enable comparison of data across GP practices in England – but privacy campaigners complain again
Atos has been engaged to provide an £8m service through a computer system so as to extract data about patients from GPs’ surgeries and enable comparable extractions across the NHS. The Department of...
ICO fines Welsh council for data protection breach
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a fine of £130,000 to Powys County Council in Wales for data protection breaches. The council sent a child protection report to a member of the...