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Information Commissioner is on Phorm
Blog Just four days after publishing a considered opinion on the highly controversial web/ad/monitoring/trialling tech company Phorm - an opinion seen by many as a "green light for lawbreaking" - the Information Commissioner's Office has published a...
[April 9, 2008, 17:15]
Information commissioner to act against HMRC, MoD
News The information commissioner is to take action against two government organisations over data-loss incidents. Thomas said that it is "beyond doubt that both departments have breached data-protection requirements" and that the Information...
[June 25, 2008, 15:07]
Information Commissioner 'low on power' for spam fight
News The UK's Information Commissioner has not been provided with the necessary muscle to protect UK citizens against spammers, according to the All Party Internet Group (APIG). At a press conference on Monday, Richard Allan MP, APIG vice chairman...
[October 7, 2003, 16:35]
Information Commissioner gets a new COO
News The Information Commissioner's Office has appointed a chief operating officer. He will report directly to the information commissioner, Richard Thomas, and sit on the ICO's management board. He has joined as the ICO is expanding in anticipation of...
[October 29, 2004, 14:54]
Information commissioner to quit
News The information commissioner, Elizabeth France, is to quit her watchdog position later this year, following weeks of disagreement with the home secretary over his controversial anti-terror legislation.
[January 3, 2002, 11:18]
Information commissioner slams European data initiative
News The information commissioner is warning the Council of Europe to take a "proportionate" approach towards the interception and retention of all electronic communications contained within the Cybercrime Convention.
[July 13, 2001, 16:44]
New information commissioner named
News A top lawyer from City law firm Clifford Chance has been named to take over as information commissioner when Elizabeth France steps down later this year. Thomas will be responsible for enforcing and overseeing the Data Protection Act 1998 and the...
[July 26, 2002, 9:58]
ID cards 'alarm' information commissioner
News Information commissioner Richard Thomas is "increasingly alarmed" about the UK Governments proposals for a national identity card, MPs were told on 8 June, 2004. The information commissioner said the government should only keep information...
[June 9, 2004, 13:55]
Information commissioner leaves post empty
News Information commissioner Elizabeth France, a champion of privacy rights in the UK and beyond, has stepped down from her post two months early to take up her new role as the UK's first telecoms ombudsman.
[October 8, 2002, 16:21]
Information Commissioner is on Phorm
Blog Comment http://www.out-law.com/page-9090 Phorm Webwise legality and privacy concerns - lawyers Pinsent Masons join the debate
[May 22, 2008, 10:42]
Information Commissioner to demand greater powers
Blog Richard Thomas is going to ask Parliament that he be given the power to force organisations to submit to inspections and audits from his office, the ICO, reports Out-Law.com. The ICO can currently inspect an organisation to check its compliance...
[May 1, 2007, 17:05]
ICO: Gov't ignoring data-sharing hazards
News The information commissioner has issued a stark warning that the government has not paid enough attention to the dangers of data sharing. In pursuing its 'transformational government' agenda of greater data sharing, the government has not fully...
[July 11, 2008, 0:01]
Watchdog: HMRC did breach data laws
News The Information Commissioner's Office said on Tuesday that the government had failed to adequately safeguard the personal data. It is clear that there was a breach of data-protection requirements," said Richard Thomas, the information commissioner.
[December 18, 2007, 13:54]
Privacy watchdog fears government super-database
News The Information Commissioner's Office, the UK's privacy guardian, has warned that the government's new data-sharing proposals could damage privacy. Responding to the policy review, the Information Commissioner's Office warned that relaxing these...
[January 15, 2007, 16:15]
Watchdog highlights 'horrifying' security lapses
News The Information Commissioner's Office has criticised some of the UK's largest companies for a range of security breaches over the past year, calling the lapses in privacy "unacceptable". Information commissioner Richard Thomas urged the companies...
[July 11, 2007, 12:00]
Privacy watchdog warns of data-sharing dangers
News Richard Thomas, the information commissioner, has warned public- and private-sector organisations of the dangers of an information-sharing "free-for-all". On Wednesday, The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) published research it has conducted...
[November 16, 2007, 11:10]
RIPA surveillance may break human rights laws
News Surveillance powers giving law enforcement agencies access to consumers' mobile phone and Internet data may be illegal, according to the information commissioner, Elizabeth France. The information commissioner warned the Home Office of this...
[July 31, 2002, 16:43]
Privacy watchdog to lead data-sharing review
News The information commissioner is to lead a review into the use of personal information. The information commissioner, Richard Thomas, will work with Professor Mark Walport, director of the Wellcome Trust, in looking at how personal information is...
[October 26, 2007, 12:20]
Privacy watchdog calls for data-law changes
News The information commissioner has told MPs that the data-protection law needs to be changed. Giving evidence to the Commons Justice Committee hearing on the protection of private data, information commissioner Richard Thomas called for changes in...
[December 5, 2007, 16:43]
Home Office rapped over data-protection breach
News Privacy watchdog the Information Commissioner's Office has found the Home Office to have breached data-protection law over the loss of 84,000 prisoners' data. Although the data was lost by contractor PA Consulting, as the relevant data controller...
[January 23, 2009, 12:25]
