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Privacy watchdog to lead data-sharing review
News The information commissioner, Richard Thomas, will work with Professor Mark Walport, director of the Wellcome Trust, in looking at how personal information is shared and protected by the public and private sectors.
[October 26, 2007, 12:20]
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. The information commissioner has issued a stark warning that the government has not paid enough attention to the dangers...
[July 11, 2008, 0:01]
Privacy watchdog fears government super-database
News Responding to the policy review, the Information Commissioner's Office warned that relaxing these rules could cause excessive surveillance and data-sharing, leading to loss of public trust and confidence in the government.
[January 15, 2007, 16:15]
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 airs Google Street View concerns
News The Information Commissioner's Office has said it has concerns about Google's Street View and thinks the company could be breaching data-protection law. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) told ZDNet.co.uk on Monday that it will be in touch...
[July 8, 2008, 13:16]
ICO 'increasingly concerned' about NHS data safety
News The Information Commissioner's Office says it is 'increasingly concerned' about the NHS's protection of data as it takes action against Camden Primary Care Trust. The Information Commissioner's Office has taken enforcement action against Camden...
[March 27, 2009, 8:48]
NHS trust loses 21,000 patient details on laptop
News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) will investigate whether Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust breached the Data Protection Act when it failed to encrypt 21,000 patient details.
[July 1, 2008, 8:42]
Health trust loses 6,000 prisoners' data on USB stick
News NHS North West, the Department of Health, the Home Office, the Information Commissioner and the Healthcare Commission have all been informed of the loss of the data stick. A USB drive containing details of over 6,000 prisoners has been lost by...
[January 12, 2009, 14:23]
Data protection breached by five NHS trusts
News Five NHS trusts — Royal Free Hampstead, Chelsea and Westminster, Hampshire Partnership, Surrey and Sussex, and Epsom and St Helier — have signed formal undertakings to process personal data legally in future, the Information Commissioner's Office...
[July 16, 2009, 9:40]
Gov't plans law to increase data-sharing
News The Response to the Data Sharing Review Report was published in reply to a review of data-sharing by information commissioner Richard Thomas and Dr Mark Walport of the Wellcome Trust. Additionally, the information commissioner would have been...
[November 26, 2008, 14:56]
Privacy tsar: Data protection should be 'way of life'
News Breaking the government's 'culture of secrecy' while protecting the privacy of UK citizens is one of the key challenges facing the new Information Commissioner as he settles into his role. He said: "People will not trust government if there is...
[January 8, 2003, 9:52]
Privacy experts warn of 'ambient intelligence' risks
News Privacy-impact assessment guidance for the UK can be downloaded from the website of the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). Policy makers and government institutions also face damage to their reputations from security incidents and risk losing...
[February 4, 2008, 10:26]
Virgin Media loses 3,000 customers' details on CD
News According to the spokesperson, as soon as Virgin Media was aware of the loss it contacted the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), which suggested that it let its customers know about the incident.
[June 25, 2008, 14:36]
Committee urges gov't database prudence
News The report also the information commissioner should write an annual report for Parliament on surveillance, that government should make a formal response and that Parliament should hold an annual debate on the subject.
[June 9, 2008, 8:31]
Report: Some gov't databases almost certainly illegal
News The report said that this kind of mass surveillance was overly expensive and antithetical to principles of privacy, and pointed out that the idea had already been criticised by the information commissioner.
[March 23, 2009, 11:12]
Over half of UK e-tailers breaking law
News We want companies to be up front and transparent with their customers, and stick to the agreement," said Iain Bourne, information commissioner for the strategic policy manager at the Data Protection Commissioner.
[April 4, 2001, 15:14]
NHS patient data sold on eBay
News This summer a report from the Information Commissioner's Office highlighted a "horrifying" number of public-sector organisations that were guilty of careless breaches of personal information. An NHS trust is investigating how one of its hard drives...
[September 17, 2007, 14:18]
Privacy watchdog to get power to fine for data loss
News The Ministry of Justice and the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) are discussing the size of the fines but in a response to the Data Sharing Review — carried out by information commissioner Richard Thomas and Wellcome Trust director Mark...
[November 25, 2008, 11:55]
Government puts data sharing in the spotlight
News It will be led by information commissioner Richard Thomas and Dr Mark Walport, the director of the Wellcome Trust and a member of the Council for Science and Technology, the government's independent advisory body on science and technology policy...
[December 12, 2007, 16:27]
ICO raises fees for larger organisations
News The idea of introducing tiered ICO fees for data controllers was suggested by former information commissioner Richard Thomas and Mark Walport of the Wellcome Trust in their Data Sharing Review last year.
[October 2, 2009, 8:26]
