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Data Protection Act loophole risks sensitive data

...A loophole in the UK's Data Protection Act has been putting the anonymity of sensitive data at risk... Read more

24 March, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Privacy group highlights police data breaches

...police employees have been subjected to international disciplinary procedures for breaching the Data Protection Act over the past three years.The figures showed that 243... Read more

8 July, 2011 by Sade Laja

Cheshire East Council lands £80,000 fine for data breach

...when emailing personal information. The ICO said the serious breach of the Data Protection Act occurred in May 2011, when a council employee was asked... Read more

15 February, 2012 by Staff

Metropolitan police leak victims' email addresses

...be making enquiries into the circumstances of the alleged breach of the Data Protection Act before deciding what action, if any, needs to be taken... Read more

3 February, 2012 by David Meyer

ICO publishes data-sharing code of practice

...code, although it has no legal weight apart from elements of the Data Protection Act, the spokeswoman said. The code of practice provides a number... Read more

11 May, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Most data breaches escape privacy watchdog fines

...fined fewer than one per cent of organisations reported for breaching the Data Protection Act (DPA) since it gained new powers in April last year... Read more

21 April, 2011 by Nick Heath

Anonymity loophole puts UK data at risk

...back to 1998Photo: Natasha Lomas/silicon.com A loophole in UK's Data Protection Act (DPA) has been putting the anonymity of sensitive data at... Read more

23 March, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

ICO censures Portsmouth City Council over data breach

...Gorrill, head of enforcement at the ICO, said: "This breach of the Data Protection Act was entirely avoidable, and would not have happened if individuals... Read more

5 November, 2010 by Kable

ICO consults on data-sharing code draft

...will not be mandatory, where it goes beyond the requirement of the Data Protection Act. "Under the right circumstances and for the right reasons, data... Read more

11 October, 2010 by Kable

Zurich Insurance hit with record fine over data loss

...incident that has already seen the company found guilty of breaching the Data Protection Act. On Tuesday, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) imposed a £2... Read more

25 August, 2010 by David Meyer

MoJ calls for comments on data protection

...asked for views on how the European Data Protection Directive and the Data Protection Act are working, and whether the powers of the information commissioner... Read more

7 July, 2010 by Kable

ICO: Police authority breached Data Protection Act

...notified them of the issue. In doing so, the authority breached the Data Protection Act. A spokesman for the ICO would not give further details... Read more

19 July, 2011

Pharmacy company admits medical records breach

A pharmacy company has admitted breaching the Data Protection Act after a computer system containing the details of 2,000... Read more

29 March, 2012

EU outlines shortcomings in UK data law

...letter sent to him by the European body, outlining where the UK Data Protection Act does not meet the requirements of the EU's Data... Read more

23 February, 2011 by Tom Espiner

ICO to spot company data breaches through analysis

...will start to aggregate complaints from people about potential breaches of the Data Protection Act, Information Commissioner Christopher Graham told ZDNet UK on Wednesday. "The... Read more

26 April, 2012

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