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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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ICO fines Welsh council for data protection breach

21 December 2011 | Simon Weinberg

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a fine of £130,000 to Powys County Council in Wales for data protection breaches. The council sent a child protection report to a member of the...

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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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Culture Minister queries EU data protection proposals

25 November 2011 | Simon Weinberg

The Government’s Culture Minister, Ed Vaizey, has given a statement on the development of European Union (EU) data protection laws. The statement was made in a speech to the Internet Advertising Bureau...

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ENISA expresses concern over loss of Internet user control

18 November 2011 | Simon Weinberg

The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA), an agency of the European Union, has published a report on the storage of personal data by social networks in order to provide a personalised...

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W3C developments as to how web-surfers can protect their data

18 November 2011 | Mark Weston

Changes to the law in relation to cookies have resulted in an increasingly intense spotlight on the use of cookies by website operators. The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment)...

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Alleged data breach by Vince Cable’s constituency office

12 November 2011 | Mark Weston

Vince Cable, the Government’s business secretary, has apologised after confidential documents and personal data of his constituents were discovered in transparent recycling bags over a nine-month period...

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Latest news and views tagged privacy

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

ICO fines Welsh council for data protection breach

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

Culture Minister queries EU data protection proposals

ENISA expresses concern over loss of Internet user control

W3C developments as to how web-surfers can protect their data

Alleged data breach by Vince Cable’s constituency office

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