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Doctors may be fined for losing data
News Information commissioner Richard Thomas, giving evidence at a House of Lords Constitution Committee inquiry into data collection and surveillance on Wednesday, proposed that a doctor who is found to be "flouting data-protection principles" should...
[November 16, 2007, 10:41]
Nationwide fined £1m over laptop theft
News UK building society Nationwide has been fined almost £1m after a laptop containing sensitive customer data was stolen from an employee. The Financial Services Authority (FSA) hit Nationwide with the £980,000 fine on Wednesday, following an...
[February 14, 2007, 12:28]
Norwich Union Life fined £1.26m for data loss
News The Financial Services Authority has fined Norwich Union Life £1.26m for failing to manage customer data adequately, resulting in financial crimes such as identity theft being committed against its customers.
[December 17, 2007, 12:31]
BT unlikely to be fined over broadband pricing
News This led to speculation that BT could be fined hundreds of millions of pounds, because a company that breaks competition law can lose up to 10 percent of their turnover. Suggestions that BT could face a massive fine for selling its high-speed...
[September 2, 2004, 15:25]
Blacklister fined £5,000
Blog Ian Kerr, who operated a blacklist of construction workers, has been fined £5,000 at the behest of the Information Commissioner's Office. Before being caught by the ICO in May, Kerr had operated the list since the 1970's, said an ICO statement on...
[July 16, 2009, 17:30]
HSBC companies fined £3m over data breaches
News The Financial Services Authority (FSA) fined HSBC Life £1,610,000, HSBC Actuaries £875,000 and HSBC Insurance Brokers £700,000 — making a total of £3m in penalties between them. Three HSBC companies have been hit with fines after the financial...
[July 23, 2009, 9:11]
SCO fined in Germany over Linux claims
Talkback SCO has been using FUD to scare off potential Linux adopters, the same as a rather large company located in Redmond. All talk and no proof, and these kinds of companies are in fear of the penguin. If you can't compete fairly then you try to remove...
[August 25, 2008, 13:53]
Dell fined $800,000 (£475,000) for '95 sales of vaporware
News The FTC hit Dell with an $800,000 (£475,000) fine to settle charges from 1995, saying the direct PC seller sold software it didn't have. When you advertise a product, there has to be a reasonable expectation that you can ship it to the customer...
[April 3, 1998, 11:23]
Google France fined for trademarked terms
News A French court has ruled against Google France in an intellectual property dispute, saying the company must pay a fine for allowing advertisers to tie their text notices to trademarked search terms. The Lower Court of Nanterre required Google...
[October 17, 2003, 11:00]
Telewest fined over inflexible working
News A Telewest employee and mother of three has been awarded compensation of £19,500 after her bosses refused to grant suitable flexible working arrangements to allow her to look after her baby, leading to an impasse which saw her resign her position...
[September 22, 2005, 10:25]
UK firm fined £250,000 over unlicensed software
News The Business Software Alliance is to receive a record out-of-court settlement from a British company which used unlicensed software. The record payment — £250,000 — dwarfs previous settlements, which averaged £10,000 last year.
[June 21, 2007, 17:09]
News Burst: IBM fined in Russia case
News The company has agreed to plead guilty to the charges, which relate to sales by its East Europe/Asia division.
[August 3, 1998, 6:57]
House of Fraser fined for illegal software
News Department store House of Fraser is among three companies to have settled with the Business Software Alliance for using illegal software. Euro Car Parts paid £7,500 and Internet media company Prominent Pages paid £20,000, both for illegal use of...
[May 15, 2002, 11:22]
SCO fined in Germany over Linux claims
News SCO Group has been ordered to pay a €10,000 (£7,900) fine in Germany for making claims that Linux includes intellectual property from Unix. SCO has repeatedly claimed that Linux is an unlawful derivative of Unix, but had agreed not to make this...
[August 21, 2008, 16:29]
Met officer fined for abusing access privileges
News A Metropolitan Police constable has admitted to three tech-related breaches of the Police Code of Conduct at a misconduct hearing. The allegations made reference to "unauthorised transactions and searches of criminal records and criminal...
[November 25, 2002, 16:37]
Intel hit with record €1bn EU antitrust fine
News Intel has been fined more than €1bn by the European Commission for violating antitrust legislation, following a lengthy investigation prompted by complaints made by its chipmaking rival AMD. Intel is being fined €1.06bn (£951m) for engaging in...
[May 13, 2009, 12:39]
EC hits Microsoft with record £680m fine
News The European Commission has fined Microsoft €899m (£680m) for failing to comply with a ruling imposed for antitrust violations. This is more than the Commission has fined any other company, and Microsoft is the only company ever to ignore...
[February 27, 2008, 11:31]
China fines its first spammer
News The Chinese Government has fined a company 5,000 yuan renminbi (£331) for sending out spam. If they fail to do this they can be fined up to 30,000 yuan (£1,989). The Government's Internet Society of China said the company which was fined, Hesheng...
[August 23, 2006, 8:50]
Spammers hit by government fines
News Six Web sites, including Internet portal Korea.com, have been fined for bombarding Internet users with spam emails, according to reports. The Korea Times has reported that Korea.com has has been fined 4m won for sending spam plugging the products...
[July 22, 2002, 11:25]
EC demands Microsoft compliance
Talkback Why aren't they being fined right now? If I was a small business I'd be fined £1000 if I filed my tax return one day late - even if the small business hadn't made any money and had no tax to pay (happened to a friend of mine).
[April 28, 2005, 12:11]
