Tag Archives: kerr
Data protection: where are the fines?
Regular readers of this blog (thank you!) will know that we consider the Information Commissioner’s lack of enforcement and regulatory powers to be a serious deficiency in the UK’s data protection and privacy law. To emphasise the point yet again, … Continue reading
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To fine, or not to fine: that is the question
Compare and contrast the following recent data protection cases: 1. HSBC: fined, after discount, over £3m by the FSA. 2. Ian Kerr: prosecuted and fined £5,000. 3. Highland Council: asked to give undertaking to get its laptops encrypted. The HSBC … Continue reading
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Snooping and vetting
At Charles Russell we have a generic data protection email address – feel free to drop us a question for a short, informal reply: dataprotection@charlesrussell.co.uk. So it’s a little ironic in the week of the Ian Kerr Enforcement Notice (concerning … Continue reading
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Andrew Sharpe
