“The Government is planning to reform data protection laws so pensioners in fuel poverty can be contacted directly and offered help, it was announced today.”
The Independent, 30th May 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A privacy watchdog is to investigate a council that used powers to spy on people, including a family suspected of lying about where they lived.”
BBC News, 28th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has criticised proposals to build one Government-owned database to hold a log of phone calls, email and internet use in the UK. The ICO has said that the move would be unjustified.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th May 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Conservatives’ campaign in the Crewe and Nantwich by-election suffered an embarrassing last-minute setback when the party published the personal details of more than 8,000 voters.”
The Independent, 22nd May 2008
Source: www.independen.co.uk
“A massive government database holding details of every phone call, e-mail and time spent on the internet by the public is being planned as part of the fight against crime and terrorism. Internet service providers (ISPs) and telecoms companies would hand over the records to the Home Office under plans put forward by officials.”
The Times, 20th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Updated guidance for researchers on accessing court, tribunal and prison service records.”
Ministry of Justice, 16th May 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A university lecturer who wrote to an undergraduate’s mother to outline details of the student’s studies has been reprimanded for breaching data protection rules.”
The Times, 15th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Phone and internet companies will soon be forced to keep logs of internet usage to be made available to the police under a new law announced by Prime Minister Gordon Brown this week.”
OUT-LAW.com, 15th May 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“The supermarket chain Budgens has installed face recognition cameras in one of its stores to stop children buying alcohol and cigarettes.”
BBC News, 13th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Information Commissioner has been given the ability to fine organisations if their operational procedures cause a gross breach of data protection principles. The move, which had not been expected by privacy experts, follows a Government defeat in the House of Lords.”
OUT-LAW.com, 12th May 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“More than 600 staff at HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have been disciplined for accessing personal or sensitive data, it has been revealed.”
BBC News, 1st May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The House of Lords has proposed making it a criminal offence to disclose personal information intentionally or recklessly. The Lords passed an amendment to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill, defeating the Government.”
OUT-LAW.com, 28th April 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Peers have backed a Liberal Democrat move to make it an offence for public or private sector workers ‘recklessly’ to disclose people’s details.”
BBC News, 23rd April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Information Commissioner has been notified of almost 100 data breaches by public and private sector organisations since the loss of 25 million people’s details by HM Revenue and Customs last November, according to figures released yesterday.”
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd April 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Companies and public bodies are not doing enough to protect customers’ data, the UK’s privacy watchdog and a major survey of security have said.”
BBC News, 21st April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Routine journeys carried out by millions of British motorists can be monitored by authorities in the United States and other enforcement agencies across the world under anti-terrorism rules introduced discreetly by Jacqui Smith.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The privacy watchdog for EU institutions has called for a planned requirement for telecoms companies to publish details of information security breaches to be extended to banks, businesses and medical bodies.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th April 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Search engines must delete search logs after six months if they are to comply with data protection laws, according to a committee of EU countries’ privacy watchdogs. Google has said that the findings do not take account of commercial reality.”
OUT-LAW.com, 8th April 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Plans to jail personal data thieves have been shelved due to a surprise amendment to a proposed new law. The new law will contain a clause threatening jail, but that clause will not be implemented.”
OUT-LAW.com, 7th April 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“A landmark case on the compatibility of data protection and freedom of information laws was heard by the House of Lords this week. The outcome could have profound implications, according to one expert.”
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd April, 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
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