Tag Archives: Data Protection Act
Is 17p per unsecure online file a fair monetary penalty?
On 10 May 2011 the Information Commissioner imposed a £1,000 monetary penalty on Andrew Crossley, trading as ACS Law, for a serious breach of security that permitted over 6,000 individuals’ details to be accessible on an unsecured website. Already, there … Continue reading
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School or Home Tuition Sales Agency?
An article in yesterday’s EducationGuardian caught my eye, and not because of the parental anger at schools pressure selling private tuition. What concerns me is the blatant direct marketing of a third party’s services by a school. The story, if … Continue reading
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The Daily Mail, Dorries and Data Protection
Our last two posts addressed the position of Nadine Dorries MP under the Data Protection Act 1998 (the “DPA”) in respect of sensitive personal data concerning her partner’s wife posted on the MP’s website in her Personal Statement to the … Continue reading
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Nadine Dorries Press Statement: enforcement and remedy
In our previous post we reviewed in the context of yesterday’s personal statement to the press by Nadine Dorries MP, whether the publication of a person’s medical condition on a website could be unlawful under the Data Protection Act 1998 … Continue reading
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Domestic purposes abuse?
Today, Nadine Dorries MP issued on her blog a personal statement to the press. In the statement she describes how she has embarked upon a romantic relationship with an old family friend. However, the statement also includes personal statements from … Continue reading
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There’s slow and then there’s the European Commission
The main directive that governs the processing of personal information in the European Union, the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC, was signed by the European Parliament and Council on 24 October 1995. It had to be implemented by member states within … Continue reading
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Facebook and Data Protection
So what other information does Facebook have about me, other than the profile picture and my account name used to generate this Facebook badge? Maybe I should ask? Would Facebook tell me if I did? I was recently asked if … Continue reading
Filed under Commercial, Data Protection
Monetary Penalties under the Data Protection Act 1998
It has been a long time coming, but finally the Information Commissioner is about to get fining powers to enforce the Data Protection Act 1998. Not all the required orders and regulations required to bring the relevant sections of the … Continue reading
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Once bitten; twice shy?
Humberside Police will forever be remembered in data protection circles for being the police force that blamed the Data Protection Act 1998 for its policy of deleting information relating to allegations about the commission of criminal offences, including those of … Continue reading
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In defence of the ICO (and regulators)
The ICO was recently criticised in an opinion piece in The Lawyer for disclosing that staff at an unnamed mobile network operator had allegedly sold details of customers. The piece rightly pointed out that with only 5 operators to whom … Continue reading
Filed under Data Protection, Telecoms Regulation
Andrew Sharpe
