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Email Archiving Could Break Data Protection Act
News Company directors will be breaking the Data Protection Act if they choose to automatically archive staff email at the point of sending, in order to protect themselves from regulations in the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act
[April 27, 2001, 8:35]
Survey: 85% Of UK Companies Unaware Of New Data Protection Act
News According to a survey commissioned by Security Dynamics Technologies, there is "an alarming lack of understanding" among UK companies regarding the new Data Protection Act. Tomorrow, ZDNet UK News columnist Robin Bynoe, a partner with the Charles...
[November 25, 1998, 15:27]
Email Archiving Could Break Data Protection Act
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[February 21, 2006, 14:00]
Data Protection Laws Still Face Uphill Battle
News In the UK, it was codified in the Data Protection Act 1998. The European Commission on Friday issued its first assessment of the 1995 Data Protection Directive, arguing that data protection legislation has achieved many of its aims, but admitting...
[May 19, 2003, 16:24]
Data Protection - Consumer Safeguard Or E-commerce Gag?
News Essentially, the ruling will make it illegal to export data to a destination where it cannot be given the same level of protection it is afforded in Europe. Interestingly, Canada could become the winner: the data protection law in Quebec does...
[October 30, 1998, 14:35]
Orange Has Wrist Slapped Over Data Protection Breach
Blog The communications giant has had a tongue-lashing from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) over a breach of the Data Protection Act (DPA). It seems that Orange customer service representatives that had recently been employed had been...
[June 22, 2007, 14:53]
Watchdog Warns SMEs Over Data Protection
News Small and medium-sized enterprises are not as aware of the principles of the Data Protection Act as larger organisations, according to the Information Commissioner's Office. Only 22 percent of SMEs surveyed were aware the Act requires them to keep...
[October 12, 2007, 8:51]
Emergency Data Laws 'break Human Rights Act'
News We have two acts -- the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act and the Data Protection Act -- if the government wants to take more powers, it should amend these acts and put (the amendment) through Parliament.
[November 16, 2001, 16:27]
Watchdog Warns Foreign Office Over Data Breach
News The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has been found to have breached the Data Protection Act following an investigation. The FCO has signed a formal undertaking to comply with the Data Protection Act, with failure to do so resulting in further ICO...
[November 14, 2007, 14:50]
Data Protection Code Lays Down Law For IT Staff
News IT staff have new responsibilities for ensuring compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998, which came into full force last autumn, according to a code of practice to be published next week. The Data Protection Act, which the codes address, was...
[February 22, 2002, 14:31]
Dot-coms Come Under Data Protection Scrutiny
News The Office of the Information Commissioner has launched an investigation into the compliance of British Web sites with the Data Protection Act 1998. There are eight data protection principles in the Act.
[January 9, 2002, 13:13]
Consumers Gain New Rights Over Data
News The first transitional deadline for compliance to the Data Protection Act 1998 expires on 24 October, 2001, and UK companies will be required to comply with new data processing principles that place the balance of rights back in the hands of the...
[October 24, 2001, 12:56]
Over Half Of UK E-tailers Breaking Law
News Thousands of British online retailers may be heavily fined for failing to comply with the Data Protection Act, warns a report released on Tuesday by the London Chamber of Commerce (LCC). The study found less than half -- 44 percent -- of UK e...
[April 4, 2001, 15:14]
Watchdog Calls For 'reckless Data-breach' Offence
News In a document submitted to government, information commissioner Richard Thomas called for the Data Protection Act (DPA) to be amended to include a penalty for data controllers "knowingly or recklessly failing to comply with the principles" of the...
[January 30, 2008, 16:52]
Banks Face Prosecution Over Indian Call Centre Leak
News UK banks have been warned they face prosecution for breaching the Data Protection Act after an undercover reporter was sold the bank account details of 1,000 UK customers by a call centre worker in India.
[June 23, 2005, 16:40]
UK Firms Falling Into Data Protection Pitfalls
News Nearly half of UK companies could be breaching the Data Protection Act (DPA) through the misuse of customer data, according to research published on Monday. Lots of companies have taken stringent measures around the protection of customer data in...
[July 3, 2006, 12:30]
M'Learned Web - Technology And Law In The UK
News How to make a nuisance of yourself under the Data Protection Act Enough on data protection. The office of the Data Protection Commissioner attempts to enforce the rules as part of its general supervisory role.
[February 15, 1999, 14:41]
Overhaul The Laws And Enforce Them!
Talkback As it is, the Information Commissioner's Office can only regulate, not enforce, the Data Protection Act. After all, the Data Protection Act requires organisations to take "all reasonable technological" measures.
[November 27, 2007, 10:31]
M'Learned Web - Technology & Law In The UK
News The Data Protection Act 1998 The main thing about the Data Protection Act 1998 is not so much the new stuff in it but that it underlines the obligations in its predecessor, the 1984 Act which have been extensively ignored.
[January 14, 1999, 12:22]
M'Learned Web - Technology & Law In The UK
News The Data Protection Act 1998 The UK Government passed the Data Protection Act 1984. But now we have the Data Protection Act 1998. The Data Protection Act is important: not just the new provisions but the existing ones, which people are (arguably...
[November 26, 1998, 14:58]
