“More than 200 police officers and support staff in Britain’s biggest force have been caught accessing the highly sensitive Police National Computer for their own ends.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th August 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Students have the right to access information detailing what assessors thought of their exam answers under UK data protection laws, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th August 2011
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“UK laws fail to uphold individuals’ privacy rights and must be reformed, a report commissioned by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th August 2011
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“Businesses that fall short of set standards for ensuring the security of credit card data could be fined, the UK’s data protection watchdog said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th August 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The manufacturers of a messaging system used by London rioters to organise public disorder can legitimately hand over details of the communications to police, according to a legal expert.”
OUT-LAW.com, 9th August 2011
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“A Hampshire teenager managed to hack into his school’s website and expose the personal details of 20,000 people, including medical information on more than 7,000 pupils.”
The Guardian, 9th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The independence of the Information Commissioner’s Office has been called into question by Labour after the watchdog declined to pursue an inquiry into minister Jonathan Djanogly.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The DNA of more than one million innocent people will not be wiped from police records, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A UK police force that published a complaint it had received which included sensitive personal data was in breach of data protection laws, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 21st July 2011
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“People found guilty of obtaining personal details by deception – known as ‘blagging’ – should be jailed, Deputy PM Nick Clegg has said.”
BBC News, 14th July 2011
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“More than 900 police personnel were disciplined for unlawful data protection practices in the past three years, privacy campaigners have said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“An unexpected ruling by a judge six years ago effectively covered up the chance to publicly expose evidence of the illegal targeting of Gordon Brown, which had been unearthed by a startled team of provincial detectives.”
The Guardian, 11th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Government plans to make more services available online and to use cloud computing to deliver public services need to be clearer on how information will be protected, a House of Commons committee has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 7th July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Information commissioner Christopher Graham says fines of up to £500,000 could be imposed for Data Protection Act breaches.”
The Guardian, 1st July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police will share local records about people through a new national database, the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) has said. A new database for England and Wales will be linked to an existing one covering Scotland, an NPIA spokesman said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th June 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Hackers could crack the new Police National Database and access sensitive information of millions of innocent people, human rights campaigners have warned.”
The Independent, 23rd June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The European commission’s own lawyers have warned that a joint US-European agreement to store the personal data, including credit card details, of millions of transatlantic air passengers for 15 years is unlawful.”
The Guardian, 20th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A website which allows members of the public to report crime seen on CCTV footage must make significant changes to the way it operates, the UK’s privacy watchdog has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th June 2011
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“Facebook will be asked to explain whether it considered the impact new technology that recognises faces in photos would have on users’ privacy before introducing the feature, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 9th June 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
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