Tag Archives: monetary penalties
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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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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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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Andrew Sharpe
