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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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Employee claims constructive dismissal after resigning following his uploading of CV onto LinkedIn

6 January 2012 | Paul Gershlick

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...

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MAB Pharma sector leader welcomes new NHS data sharing plans

5 December 2011 | Paul Gershlick

At this time of financial uncertainty, it is great to see politicians thinking outside of the box to develop solutions to protect UK industry and improve people's lives. According to plans announced...

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New Midata collaboration between large private sector groups, BIS and Information Commissioner hands back control of data to consumers

16 November 2011 | Paul Gershlick

A new scheme in which consumers will be empowered to manage data held about them by large private sector organisations such as Google and British Gas is going to be launched in 2012. Midata is the result...

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Police did not need to disclose information on sexual offender stats at schools because it was only in the public interest and not substantial public interest – Smith v Information Commissioner’s Office, Information Tribunal

7 October 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Ms Smith made a request to Devon and Cornwall Constabulary to disclose the number of teaching staff in schools and colleges in Torbay, Teignbridge and South Hams who had been investigated, cautioned and...

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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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Lack of specific consent amounted to game changer in targeted football fans sponsorship contract – Playup Interactive Entertainment v Givemefootball, High Court

13 September 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Givemefootball hosted the Professional Footballers’ Association’s website and ran the PFA Fans Awards, whereby football fans vote for their favourite players. Playup ran an interactive gaming business...

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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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Nearly 1,000 police officers disciplined for unlawful use of personal data in last three years

1 August 2011 | Simon Weinberg

Staggering figures have emerged that show that hundreds of police officers have been snooping on people’s personal information without permission. Nearly 1,000 police officers have been disciplined for...

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Latest news and views tagged databases

Sussex hospital facing £375,000 fine after hard drives with thousands of patient data ended up on eBay

Employee claims constructive dismissal after resigning following his uploading of CV onto LinkedIn

MAB Pharma sector leader welcomes new NHS data sharing plans

New Midata collaboration between large private sector groups, BIS and Information Commissioner hands back control of data to consumers

Police did not need to disclose information on sexual offender stats at schools because it was only in the public interest and not substantial public interest – Smith v Information Commissioner’s Office, Information Tribunal

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

Lack of specific consent amounted to game changer in targeted football fans sponsorship contract – Playup Interactive Entertainment v Givemefootball, High Court

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

Nearly 1,000 police officers disciplined for unlawful use of personal data in last three years

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