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CAP Code changed to allow data about third parties to be validly collected from children

28 February 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The CAP Code has been changed with immediate effect, so that organisations can collect data from children about third parties. Previously, the CAP Code had had a total ban on the practice. Now, it is permissible...

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NHS Choices website under attack for sharing citizens’ health data with Facebook and Google

30 November 2010 | Paul Gershlick

Tom Watson MP has written to Andrew Lansley, the Health Secretary, asking him to change the policy by which NHS Choices – an NHS website – allows Facebook, Google and others to obtain data about people...

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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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Parliamentary Standards Authority suffers from poor quality in data leak

19 November 2010 | Mark Weston

What hope do we have for the standards of our public servants when the body in charge of overseeing the quality of MPs’ expenses and salaries claims – The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority...

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Government recommends change to interception law following EU threat

17 November 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The Home Office has recommended a change in the laws relating to interception of communications. A complaint had been made to the European Commission following BT’s controversial trial of the Phorm targeted...

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ICO rules Google has committed a ‘significant breach’

15 November 2010 | Mark Weston

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has ruled that Google committed a significant breach of the Data Protection Act after it inadvertently collected personal data when its cars were driving around...

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European Commission takes UK to court over failure to protect privacy and data

11 October 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The European Commission has announced that it is taking the UK to the European Court of Justice for failure to properly implement European Union rules protecting protection of data and privacy. The issue...

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Could law firm sending out mass letters for copyright infringement be first to incur new £500,000 fines for serious data protection breaches?…

7 October 2010 | Mark Weston

ACS:Law may be the first business to incur the recently introduced expanded fines of up to £500,000. The controversial law firm has made its name by sending out thousands of letters to alleged peer-to-peer...

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Information Commissioner’s Office sounds warning for estate agents

15 September 2010 | Paul Gershlick

Estate agents have been warned: the Information Commissioner’s Office is looking to check you out. The ICO – the regulator in charge of enforcing data protection law in the UK – has warned estate...

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Public sector staff have culture of inappropriate snooping on personal data

23 July 2010 | Mark Weston

About 30 public sector staff have been sacked in the last year for inappropriately snooping on personal data that had come from the Department for Work and Pensions’ Customer Information System. The...

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Latest news and views tagged DPA

CAP Code changed to allow data about third parties to be validly collected from children

NHS Choices website under attack for sharing citizens’ health data with Facebook and Google

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

Parliamentary Standards Authority suffers from poor quality in data leak

Government recommends change to interception law following EU threat

ICO rules Google has committed a ‘significant breach’

European Commission takes UK to court over failure to protect privacy and data

Could law firm sending out mass letters for copyright infringement be first to incur new £500,000 fines for serious data protection breaches?…

Information Commissioner’s Office sounds warning for estate agents

Public sector staff have culture of inappropriate snooping on personal data

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