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Peter Hustinx – the European data protection supervisor – has expressed concern that the anti-counterfeiting trade agreement currently being negotiated may not be protecting people’s data protection...
Information Commissioner’s Office won’t go soft on charities on data compliance
The Information Commissioner’s Office has hit a clear warning to charities that it won’t go soft on them, after it required the Alzheimer’s Society to sign a formal undertaking agreeing to comply...
(ISC)² warns new big fines are finally bringing data security to boards’ attentions
Imminent fines are bringing data security issues to boards’ attentions. Those are the comments of John Colley, EMEA managing director of (ISC)². (ISC)² is a not-for-profit organisation that educates...
European Commission updates data export laws to take account of sub-contracting in outsourced processing
Under the EU’s Data Protection Directive, personal data cannot be transferred out of the European Economic Area unless there is adequate protection of the data. One way of ensuring adequate protection...
Coroners and Justice Act brought into force to allow Information Commissioner to inspect premises for data protection breaches
Sections 173 to 175 of the Coroners and Justice Act has been brought into force as of 1 February. This gives the Information Commissioner – the data protection regulator in the UK – the right to inspect...
Government data handling improving, says Data Handling Review
The way the public sector handles personal data is improving. Those are the findings of the first annual report on the progress made since the Data Handling Review. The Review was conducted by Gus O’Donnell,...
Organisations holding data could receive half a million pound fines for serious data breaches from 6 April
After a long campaign, the Information Commissioner’s Office – the regulator in charge of enforcing data protection laws in the UK – is about to get their wish. They won’t have to jump through...
Facebook criticised over new privacy settings
Facebook – the social networking phenomenon – has come under fierce criticism for changing the way the privacy settings operate for users. It recently invited users to change their settings, even where...
Mandatory notification of data breaches introduced by the European Commission…
The European Commission has passed a new privacy regulation which would require communications providers and Internet service providers to notify individuals whose personal details have been exposed to...
Kraft/Cadbury deal prompts calls for reform of takeover laws
Italian prison sentences for Google executives for user-generated material sends shockwaves across the Internet
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Computer games designer’s failure to disclose his previous ideas meant employing company owned them – Burrows v Smith, High Court
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