DPA
RSS DPA£500,000 fine coming for businesses that lose data?
News From next year, the privacy watchdog the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) will be able to fine companies that recklessly or maliciously breach the Data Protection Act (DPA). As well as being imposed for malicious... [12 Nov 2009]
Monitoring staff email and internet: The dos and don'ts
News Relevant legislation includes the Data Protection Act (DPA), Ripa 2000 and even the Human Rights Act. Every office generates so much email, IM and internet traffic it's all but impossible for management to keep track of... [22 Oct 2009]
Document Process Automation for customer orders: A new performance perspective
White Paper Recent research by IDC, a premier information technology research provider, has found that companies who have implemented Document Process Automation (DPA) solutions like Esker DeliveryWare report significant competitive... [18 Mar 2009]
Government plans law to up data-sharing
News The data-protection expert said it was unlikely that the government would use the fast-track powers to amend the Data Protection Act (DPA), as UK law would still have to be in harmony with EU law. This is not a carte... [27 Nov 2008]
Privacy tsar to fine firms recklessly losing data
News The MoJ proposals also allow the ICO to demand information to determine Data Protection Act (DPA) compliance in cases where a warrant has been served and to set a deadline for organisations to provide information to... [25 Nov 2008]
Vendors hype up compliance fears
Comment And Phil Huggins, CTO of security consultancy IRM, thinks the DPA will become more of an issue as the 2006 Companies Act begins to impact operations. That's something that might give the DPA as much... [08 Apr 2008]
Data breaches: Don't blame 'stupid' employees
News In a document submitted to government in January this year, information commissioner Richard Thomas called for the Data Protection Act (DPA) to be amended to include a penalty for data controllers "knowingly or... [03 Apr 2008]
silicon.com victory in Full Disclosure data campaign
News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is asking that "knowingly or recklessly" breaching the Data Protection Act (DPA) could be made a criminal offence, as part of a series of amendments to the act. [31 Jan 2008]
ICO: Make 'reckless' data loss an offence
News In a document submitted to government, information commissioner Richard Thomas called for the Data Protection Act (DPA) to be amended to include a penalty for data controllers "knowingly or recklessly failing to comply... [31 Jan 2008]
Data encryption brought into focus by HMRC
Comment There is actually no explicit obligation under the Data Protection Act (DPA) to use encryption, although the DPA does state that 'appropriate technical and organisational measures' should be taken to... [21 Dec 2007]
Escape the data management minefield
Comment The report from the Information Commissioner's Office out last month highlighted that public sector organisations are still not taking the Data Protection Act (DPA) seriously enough. But that doesn't mean that with a... [13 Sep 2007]
Cheat Sheet: Data Protection Act 1998
Cheat Sheet It also prosecuted 16 individuals and organisations for DPA breaches. So has the DPA changed much since 2001? And back in May, the information commissioner demanded the ICO be given more power to check... [28 Aug 2007]
CEOs blamed for "horrifying" data blunders
News The ICO received complaints under both the Data Protection Act (DPA) and Freedom of Information Act. More than half of DPA cases required the ICO to simply provide advice and guidance, while a breach was... [11 Jul 2007]
Orange pulled up by privacy watchdog
News Orange and Littlewoods have been found to be in breach of the data protection act (DPA) by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). The finding relates to customer details being left open to potential fraud or... [22 Jun 2007]
Private dicks fined for data 'blagging' from DWP
News The ICO said Infofind had signed an agreement with its finance client to work within the confines of the Data Protection Act (DPA) but breached it repeatedly by blagging information on individuals protected under the... [24 Apr 2007]
