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Richard Thomas, please resign.
Talkback "We've worked with BT and Phorm and we are not going to take any punitive action at this stage" One question, why? How can you possibly justify that statement? When tens, even hundreds of thousands of UK citizens have been profiled without consent?
[June 9, 2008, 17:53]
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]
Infosecurity Europe 2008: Preview
News A series of keynotes by high-profile security figures will begin with a discussion led by information commissioner Richard Thomas into data-loss incidents in 2007. Fewer parliamentarians will also grace this year's show, a notable exception being...
[April 21, 2008, 15:34]
UK law failing to nail spammers
News There haven't been any fines levied for a breach of the Act yet," said a spokesperson for the Information Commissioner Richard Thomas who is responsible for enforcing these regulations. Thomas's office isn't disputing this claim either.
[December 13, 2004, 17:10]
Information commissioner leaves post empty
News The premature departure means that the Commission is without a figurehead until France's replacement, city lawyer Richard Thomas, arrives in early December. Richard Thomas, who is currently director of public policy at city law firm Clifford Chance...
[October 8, 2002, 16:21]
Peer proposes data super-watchdog
News The ICO would also benefit from being amalgamated into one authority, said Lord Erroll, as is would make Richard Thomas, the Information Commissioner, less of a "target" if his office makes suggestions that parliament finds unpopular.
[September 5, 2008, 14:15]
UK spammers set to avoid prosecution until 2005
News Richard Thomas, the information commissioner, is understood to be pushing for his office's powers to be extended. Beside regular discussions on the issue between the DTI and the information commissioner, such as the meeting between information...
[April 16, 2004, 12:50]
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. Thomas heavily criticised the proposals covering cards and an identity register at a...
[June 9, 2004, 13:55]
ICO: Gov't ignoring data-sharing hazards
News The Data Sharing Review Report was written by information commissioner Richard Thomas and Wellcome Trust director Mark Walport. Thomas recommended the government put a code of practice in place to alleviate this confusion, and clarify existing data...
[July 11, 2008, 0:01]
What did he know then?
Talkback I see Richard Thomas comments about public concern regarding personal data was published on 16/11 - presumably he made this as late as 15/11? The personal data of 25 Million people went missing earlier this month - on 10/11 the Government were...
[November 21, 2007, 10:16]
Watchdog: HMRC did breach data laws
News It is clear that there was a breach of data-protection requirements," said Richard Thomas, the information commissioner. Following Darling's speech, Thomas said: "We have received a copy of Kieran Poynter's initial report and discussed its contents...
[December 18, 2007, 13:54]
MoJ sends out hacks email details on data protection invite
Blog The Ministry of Justice has just sent me an invitation to a press briefing with Information Commissioner Richard Thomas on Thursday. Thomas will be discussing the results of a report he wrote with Mark Walport about how information is dealt with in...
[July 9, 2008, 13:33]
Even tech-savvy telcos can't look after data
Blog As if being crunched by credit wasn't bad enough, some banks,and other firms, are facing more shame on Weds following the publication of a report from the information commissioner Richard Thomas. We are used to seeing public sector organisations...
[October 29, 2008, 8:50]
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. Thomas warned last year that we in the UK are "sleep-walking into a...
[May 1, 2007, 17:05]
Staff monitoring must be transparent
News Information Commissioner Richard Thomas today started his move to make companies' compliance with the Data Protection Act easier and simpler. An automatic ten points to Mr Thomas. Thomas said: "We've moved away from the intense detail of the...
[June 11, 2003, 10:49]
Businesses warned of profiling dangers
News Businesses and police have been warned of the dangers of profiling by the information commissioner Richard Thomas. Thomas, speaking to ZDNet UK at the e-Crime Congress in London, gave a preview of the evidence that his office intends to present to...
[March 28, 2007, 17:26]
Media lobbying 'watered down' data-misuse laws
News Speaking at the Infosecurity Europe conference in London on Tuesday, information commissioner Richard Thomas used his platform to berate "certain sections of the media" for lobbying that has resulted in what he referred to as "watered-down...
[April 23, 2008, 10:30]
Privacy watchdog calls for data-law changes
News Giving evidence to the Commons Justice Committee hearing on the protection of private data, information commissioner Richard Thomas called for changes in the law and a rethink on government data-sharing between departments.
[December 5, 2007, 16:43]
Watchdog highlights 'horrifying' security lapses
News Information commissioner Richard Thomas urged the companies' chief executive officers to raise their game. Over the last year, we have seen far too many careless and inexcusable breaches of people's personal information," said Thomas at the launch...
[July 11, 2007, 12:00]
Privacy tsar: Gov't comms database 'a step too far'
News Speaking at the launch of the Information Commissioner's Office's Annual Report 2008, information commissioner Richard Thomas said the rumoured database of UK phone and internet communications would be "a step too far for the British way of life".
[July 16, 2008, 10:54]
