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New data protection proposals announced for the EU

1 February 2012 | Paul Gershlick

The European Union Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding has launched the European Commission’s proposals for the reform of the data protection regime in the EU, with the aim of increasing a person’s...

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ICO fines Midlothian Council £140,000 for sending details about children and carers to wrong people

1 February 2012 | Paul Gershlick

The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined Midlothian Council £140,000 for sending sensitive personal data about children and carers to the wrong people on five separate occasions in the first...

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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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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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ICO gives verdict on implementation of new cookies rules: websites must do better

23 December 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The Information Commissioner’s Office – the UK’s data protection regulator - has given a damming report on websites’ implementation of new cookies laws, under which website users must receive clear...

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Ticket exchange website loses as Court of Appeal orders disclosure of information about sellers for sale of tickets above face value – RFU v Viagogo, Court of Appeal

23 December 2011 | Paul Gershlick

A ticket exchange website has been ordered to hand over to the Rugby Football Union details of people who have sold on its site England rugby tickets for above the ticket’s face value. Sales above face...

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ICO advises communications providers to inform of data protection breaches every month

22 December 2011 | Simon Weinberg

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has released updated guidance in which it advises electronic communication providers to inform the ICO of breaches to users’ personal data each month. The...

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Atos to provide service that will enable comparison of data across GP practices in England – but privacy campaigners complain again

21 December 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Atos has been engaged to provide an £8m service through a computer system so as to extract data about patients from GPs’ surgeries and enable comparable extractions across the NHS. The Department of...

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Data Protection Board to be set up to oversee the changed data protection regime in Europe

19 December 2011 | Simon Weinberg

The recent proposals to update the data protection laws across the European Union (EU) have brought much comment and debate in the UK (see here and here). The EU Justice Commissioner has now announced...

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Hospital pays data protection compensation after employee unlawfully accesses patient data – Grinyer v Plymouth Hospital NHS Trust, County Court

9 December 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Plymouth Hospital NHS Trust has been ordered to pay one of its patients damages for breach of the Data Protection Act after one of its staff had unlawfully accessed the patient’s details, contrary to...

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Latest news and views tagged personal data

New data protection proposals announced for the EU

ICO fines Midlothian Council £140,000 for sending details about children and carers to wrong people

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

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

ICO gives verdict on implementation of new cookies rules: websites must do better

Ticket exchange website loses as Court of Appeal orders disclosure of information about sellers for sale of tickets above face value – RFU v Viagogo, Court of Appeal

ICO advises communications providers to inform of data protection breaches every month

Atos to provide service that will enable comparison of data across GP practices in England – but privacy campaigners complain again

Data Protection Board to be set up to oversee the changed data protection regime in Europe

Hospital pays data protection compensation after employee unlawfully accesses patient data – Grinyer v Plymouth Hospital NHS Trust, County Court

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