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Health sector tops list for focus of data protection regulator’s enforcement

5 January 2012 | Paul Gershlick

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...

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Charging orders and competing creditors

18 October 2011 | Karen Jacobs Comments Off

This case considered whether to decline to make an interim charging order final if the effect would be to give one creditor priority in enforcing its judgment against other defendants. Unusually there...

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Star Wars in the Supreme Court, the result – Lucasfilm v Ainsworth, Supreme Court

5 August 2011 | Mark Weston

Background Andrew Ainsworth (AA) was hired in 1976 by Lucasfilm (L) to make ‘Stormtrooper’ helmets and armour for the film ‘Star Wars’ which was released in 1977 (later renamed ‘Star Wars:...

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Twitter would comply with court order to reveal user identities

1 June 2011 | Mark Weston

Twitter has stated that it would reveal information about its users if required to do so by a court order or subpoena. This revelation comes as the US-based social networking site is opening up a physical...

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What happens if a legal mortgage over a residential property is taken in breach of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000?

18 May 2011 | Steven Mills Comments Off

Where the underlying main loan secured on land is to be used in connection with a dwelling by the borrower, then it will be a regulated mortgage contract. Section 23 (1) of the Financial Services and...

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When is a barn not a barn? – Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another v Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council

20 April 2011 | Stephen Carew

A local authority is only able to take planning enforcement action if such action is taken within the relevant time limits, otherwise the right is lost. The relevant time periods are: Four years (from...

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“We Buy Any Car”…just not at the price you think

14 April 2011 | Mark Weston

We Buy Any Car, the online company that buys cars from consumers for re-sale, has agreed to provide written undertakings as to its future conduct after the OFT claimed that the company’s pricing structure...

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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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OFT takes action to address debt management industry

28 September 2010 | Karen Jacobs Comments Off

The OFT has identified a number of concerns in relation to the debt management industry. The consumers may be vulnerable and the issues which confront them can be complex. There are a number of government...

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Information Commissioner’s Office set to get tough with public bodies that fail to comply with Freedom of Information Act

23 July 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The Information Commissioner’s Office – the UK’s information regulator – is set to get tough with public bodies that fail to comply with the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The Act gives people...

Tags on this discussion: data enforcement enforcement notice FOIA freedom of information freedom of information act ICO Information Commissioner Information Commissioner's Office request for information

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Latest news and views tagged enforcement

Health sector tops list for focus of data protection regulator’s enforcement

Charging orders and competing creditors

Star Wars in the Supreme Court, the result – Lucasfilm v Ainsworth, Supreme Court

Twitter would comply with court order to reveal user identities

What happens if a legal mortgage over a residential property is taken in breach of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000?

When is a barn not a barn? – Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another v Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council

“We Buy Any Car”…just not at the price you think

ICO rules Google has committed a ‘significant breach’

OFT takes action to address debt management industry

Information Commissioner’s Office set to get tough with public bodies that fail to comply with Freedom of Information Act

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