government commissioner
Richard Thomas
AS Profile Information Commissioner since November 2002, he has been propelled into the public eye and the Agenda Setters top 10 by the spate of data breach revelations that followed HM Revenue and Customs losing 25 million... [07 Oct 2008]
Data breach at Virgin prompts encryption order
News According to the Information Commissioner's Office, the individuals' data went missing after an unencrypted CD was lost by Virgin Media. Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and... [30 Sep 2008]
Data breach victims get the mushroom treatment
News Tim Best, director enterprise security solutions at Logica, said in a statement: "It is time to take action - it should be mandatory for all organisations to report significant breaches of confidential personal information to the... [25 Sep 2008]
Scottish gov't enlists data privacy experts
News The privacy luminaries involved include Ken Macdonald, assistant information commissioner for Scotland; Jerry Fishenden, Microsoft's UK lead technology advisor; Rosemary Jay, privacy lead and partner at Pinsent Masons... [11 Sep 2008]
Data loss consultants sacked by Home Office
News Reporting the incident to the Information Commissioner the Home Office judged the risk from the data loss to be "low" but the government has commissioned a separate report into the incident and is... [10 Sep 2008]
Email and web snoop plans slammed - again
News The proposals have already faced harsh criticism from privacy campaigners and opposition political parties, while Information Commissioner Richard Thomas recently spoke out against plans to retain communications records... [04 Sep 2008]
Watchdog demands data breach confessions
News The EU is currently debating proposals to overhaul the ePrivacy Directive to compel ISPs to come clean about data breaches, recently welcomed by deputy information commissioner David Smith. The reckless loss of personal... [01 Sep 2008]
"Shambolic" security behind Home Office data breach
News The key to lasting cultural change must… lie in the role of the Information Commissioner and in particular, the effective roll out (expected by the end of this year) of his new power to fine for deliberate or reckless... [27 Aug 2008]
Home Office loses data on 84,000 prisoners
News David Smith, deputy commissioner for UK data protection watchdog the Information Commissioner's Office, said in a statement: "It is deeply worrying that after a number of major data losses and the... [22 Aug 2008]
£68m 'snooping' database: Little impact on serious crime
News Information Commissioner Richard Thomas recently spoke out against plans to retain communications records in a centralised database. The legislation would mean that hundreds of public bodies licensed under the Regulation... [13 Aug 2008]
Ministry of Justice loses 45,000 records
News A spokeswoman for the MoJ said: "Whilst any loss of data is regrettable all MoJ incidents have been reported [to the Information Commissioner] and the necessary action taken. The MoJ didn't notify more than 30,000 of the... [25 Jul 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 18.07.08
Round-Up And this week comes the news that Information Commissioner Richard Thomas has been granted yet more power by the government. The government launched its consultation on the Information... [18 Jul 2008]
Privacy watchdog to get power to raid
News The government launched its consultation on the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) powers and funding following the Data Sharing Review, which recommended that the ICO be given more money and... [17 Jul 2008]
SMS roaming cuts 'could stifle competition'
News Mobile operator industry body, the GSMA, has poured cold water on plans by European Commission (EC) telecoms commissioner, Viviane Reding, to create a single market for mobile text services in Europe and cap the cost of... [16 Jul 2008]
Privacy chief fights UK-wide database
News Speaking at the launch of the Information Commissioner Officer's Annual Report 2008 Information Commissioner Richard Thomas said the rumoured database of UK phone and internet communications would be "a... [15 Jul 2008]
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