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Virgin’s service email to customer who had opted out of marketing communications broke CAP Code

16 August 2010 | Mark Weston

Virgin Media breached the CAP Code by emailing a customer who had opted-out of marketing communications with details of other aspects of the service that the customer may be missing out on. Virgin argued...

Tags on this discussion: Advertising Standards Authority ASA CAP code data data protection act data subject misleading advertising misuse of data opt-out personal data

ICO gives Google minor ticking off for its interception of wireless data during Street View data gathering

11 August 2010 | Mark Weston

The Information Commissioner’s Office has given Google a ticking off but went on to say that no further action was necessary after the UK’s data protection regulator had investigated the search engine...

Tags on this discussion: data data controller data protection data protection act data security data subject ICO Information Commissioner Information Commissioner's Office interception of communications personal data privacy wi-fi

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...

Tags on this discussion: data data controller data protection data protection act data security data subject databases DPA FOIA freedom of information freedom of information act misuse of data personal data

UK businesses not confident about compliance with data protection laws and concerned for the costs involved, but vast majority think rules should be tougher

21 July 2010 | Paul Gershlick

About 50% of UK businesses think the UK’s data protection laws should be tougher, and 87% want anyone disclosing sensitive data to be required to reveal that fact. That is according to a survey of 1,200...

Tags on this discussion: data data controller data protection data protection act data protection directive data security data subject European Commission misuse of data personal data sensitive personal data

Information Commissioner issues code of practice for online behavioural advertising

20 July 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The Information Commissioner’s Office – the UK’s data protection regulator – has issued a code of practice dealing with online behavioural advertising issues. Online behavioural advertising refers...

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Information Commissioner calls for prison sentences for data breaches, as data complaints to the regulator rise

16 July 2010 | Mark Weston

Christopher Graham, the Information Commissioner, has called for prison sentences to deter the illegal sale and purchase of people’s data. Graham, who is in charge of regulating data in the UK, said...

Tags on this discussion: data data controller data protection data protection act data security data theft FOIA freedom of information freedom of information act ICO illegal Information Commissioner Information Commissioner's Office personal data public authority public body unauthorised unlawful

European Commission gives UK Government two month ultimatum to make Data Protection Act comply with EU Data Protection Directive requirements

2 July 2010 | Mark Weston

The European Commission has laid down a two month ultimatum in which the UK Government must comply with the Commission’s requirements to ensure that the UK’s Data Protection Act 1998 properly complies...

Tags on this discussion: CJEU Court of Justice of European Union data data controller data protection data protection act data protection directive data subject European Commission European Court of Justice ICO Information Commissioner's Office personal data

Google’s Street View cars have been recording people’s wi-fi communications in error

25 May 2010 | Mark Weston

Google has been involved in more controversy over its Street View service, as its cars have been inadvertently collecting the contents of wireless communications from people’s unsecured wi-fi networks...

Tags on this discussion: data data controller data protection data security ICO Information Commissioner's Office misuse of data personal data privacy Regulator Street View

European Commission sets out legislation plans for next 10 years

21 May 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The European Commission has published its Digital Agenda, which identifies its plan for legislation in the next ten years in the digital world. Its overarching aims include creating a digital single market,...

Tags on this discussion: copyright data data protection data security digital agenda EU European Commission European Union Intellectual property intellectual property rights interoperability IP personal data

New Government scraps ID card scheme and seeks further measures to protect people’s privacy and enhance freedom of public information

14 May 2010 | Paul Gershlick

It has been historic to watch the creation of a peacetime Government between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats. And how fascinating to see where both parties agree or disagree, and how they resolve...

Tags on this discussion: CCTV data data protection databases FOIA freedom of information personal data

Latest input tagged personal data

Virgin’s service email to customer who had opted out of marketing communications broke CAP Code

ICO gives Google minor ticking off for its interception of wireless data during Street View data gathering

Public sector staff have culture of inappropriate snooping on personal data

UK businesses not confident about compliance with data protection laws and concerned for the costs involved, but vast majority think rules should be tougher

Information Commissioner issues code of practice for online behavioural advertising

Information Commissioner calls for prison sentences for data breaches, as data complaints to the regulator rise

European Commission gives UK Government two month ultimatum to make Data Protection Act comply with EU Data Protection Directive requirements

Google’s Street View cars have been recording people’s wi-fi communications in error

European Commission sets out legislation plans for next 10 years

New Government scraps ID card scheme and seeks further measures to protect people’s privacy and enhance freedom of public information

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