Previous
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]
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 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]
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]
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]
Employers Say ID-card Plans 'too Vague'
News The CBI's concerns echo information commissioner Richard Thomas's evidence to the home affairs select committee in June. The scheme will be fatally undermined if employers do not have that trust. The government's ID-card scheme is "vague and...
[August 13, 2004, 14:35]
Watchdog Warns Foreign Office Over Data Breach
News Mick Gorrill, assistant commissioner at the ICO, said organisations have a duty to keep personal information secure and failure to do so will lead to people losing confidence and trust in them. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO...
[November 14, 2007, 14:50]
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]
UK Nears 100 Data Breaches In Six Months
News Richard Thomas, the information commissioner, said it was "particularly disappointing" that the HMRC breaches have not prevented other security breaches from occurring, and that the government, banks and other organisations need to regain the...
[April 23, 2008, 8:54]
ICO Warns Against Sound-recording CCTV
News Seven out of 10 people oppose the idea of CCTV cameras that record their conversations, research by the Information Commissioner's Office has revealed. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has launched a new CCTV code of practice that...
[January 28, 2008, 13:51]
Lords Backs Amendment To Data-loss Law
News It follows calls by the information commissioner Richard Thomas for the criminalisation of reckless data loss earlier this year. He said: "The government has previously acknowledged that it needs to improve trust and confidence in the arrangements...
[April 29, 2008, 8:10]
Marks & Spencer Loses 26,000 Staff Details
News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has threatened the retail giant with prosecution after a laptop containing unencrypted data was stolen from a contractor in April 2007. Mick Gorrill, assistant commissioner at the ICO, added in a...
[January 25, 2008, 16:32]
BCS Joins Calls For Phorm Service To Be Opt-in
News Echoing calls from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), which earlier this month stated that Phorm's nascent service must be opt-in rather than opt-out to conform with privacy regulations, British Computer Society (BCS) government...
[April 30, 2008, 16:25]
EC Urges Unity On Data Protection
News Also speaking at the event in Brussels, the European commissioner for information society and media, Viviane Reding, said the software industry has a large role to play in Europe. Better data protection would also have a positive impact on consumer...
[December 5, 2007, 14:26]
Digital Map Of Web To Track Employees
News The draft code of practice was published by the Data Protection Commissioner last week for outside consultation, and it is hoped that the final draft will be published early next year. Blocking is crude and unacceptable to staff, as it suggests...
[October 20, 2000, 14:22]
Surveillance: An Open Letter To Jack Straw
News The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police has been informed that you are in possession of this information. I trust that when the Bill reaches the House we can rely on your most careful scrutiny. The following is a copy of the letter sent to Jack...
[September 27, 1999, 11:25]
Photos: Famous Fraudster Hits Out At ID Cards
News Not to mention that the scheme will have to be accredited to the highest standards by HM Government's security advisers, and that an independent National Identity Scheme commissioner will be appointed to oversee the operation of the scheme," a...
[October 25, 2007, 13:25]
