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EU betting on mega fines for privacy breaches
Companies may soon have to confess to data breaches in 24 hours and then potentially face a whopping fine, an EC document reveals.
EU proposes radical data protection refresh
The EC does as expected in proposing 24-hour breach disclosure rules and heightened powers for regulators like the ICO.
ICO: Private email is subject to FOI
Guidance suggests organisations should update communications policies.
ICO hands its biggest ever fine to Welsh council
After two major mishaps, Powys County Council receives the biggest fine handed out by the ICO to date.
Councils slammed for placing child data in danger
The ICO has rapped three councils for failing to protect sensitive data on children.
132 local authorities lose data in three years
A Big Brother Watch FOI shows how lax councils have been with citizens' data.
MP Letwin agrees to stop dumping personal data in bins
Oliver Letwin agrees to better his data protection practices after dumping info on constituents in public bins.
Week in Review: Tech City and Google guilt
This week, David Cameron announced plans to turn the East End of London into a Silicon Valley rival and Google was told off by the ICO.
London councils fined £150,000 for unencrypted laptop thefts
Lost laptops containing personal sensitive data results in hefty ICO fines for two London councils.
Oldham school breaches Data Protection Act
A stolen unencrypted laptop containing 90 pupils’ details sets the ICO on the Freehold Community School.
Companies face fines of £500,000 for losing data
As of today, the ICO has been granted powers to issue penalties of up to £500,000 for businesses or Government departments found in breach of the...
Will the threat of jail improve data protection?
In his latest Inside the Enterprise column, Stephen Pritchard talks about the Data Protection Act and how not knowing the ins and outs of it could...
ICO slaps Surrey County Council with £120,000 fine
Surrey County Council gets hit with a £120,000 fine for misdirecting emails containing personal data.
Council rapped for posting personal data online
New Forest District Council has been caught out by a resident after the local authority was posting personal data on its website.
ICO lays down data sharing Code of Practice
The ICO aims to establish cross-industry, cross-sector data best practices.
Medical practice loses 8,000 patient details on unencrypted USB
Data security within the NHS has been highlighted again today as the Information Commissioner’s Office revealed yet another incident of data loss.
Police database abuse ‘hugely intrusive’
The Big Brother Watch finds 900 police officers and staff breached the Data Protection Act in the last three years.
InfoSec 2011: DPA breached after NHS security fail
The ICO raises concerns organisations are getting the basics wrong after an NHS Trust breaches the Data Protection Act.
ICO raps York Council after data breach
The ICO finds the City of York Council in breach of the Data Protection Act after employees mistakenly send data to a third party.
ICO: Public beats private sector at data protection
The ICO has claimed big businesses are lagging behind public sector organisations when it comes to data protection awareness.
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