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Heathrow 'temporarily delays' fingerprint checks
News Plans to introduce biometric fingerprint checks for domestic passengers travelling through Heathrow Airport have been delayed after the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) raised privacy concerns about the system.silicon.com's A to Z of... [26 Mar 2008]
Data breaches: No more than normal
News HM Revenue & Customs' loss of 25 million details of people claiming and receiving child benefit was the catalyst for a surge of data-loss reports, an ICO spokesperson told silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk. [18 Feb 2008]
ICO: Make 'reckless' data loss an offence
News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has called for amendments to UK data-protection laws, including making "reckless" data breaches an offence. The powers of the ICO are limited. For the most part, the ICO cannot impose a penalty for a... [31 Jan 2008]
Stolen M&S laptop contains 26,000 pension details
News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has threatened the retail giant with possible prosecution after the unencrypted data on a laptop was stolen from a contractor in April 2007. The ICO served the enforcement notice on 23 January after M&S... [25 Jan 2008]
Gov't fails to keep court data locked up
News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has said it will scrutinise the department's security procedures and has asked for a copy of Bloomfield's investigation before deciding what action to take. [23 Jan 2008]
Carphone Warehouse in data protection breach
News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said the Carphone Warehouse, and its sister company TalkTalk, could face the possibility of an unlimited fine if their data protection and compliance systems are not brought up to scratch within 35 days... [16 Jan 2008]
Downing St responds to silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign
News In November, Prime Minister Gordon Brown gave the ICO the power to conduct spot checks on government departments, in light of the HM Revenue & Customs breach which saw 25 million child benefit claimants' details 'lost in the post' - making it the... [10 Dec 2007]
ICO: HMRC breach - where were the tech safeguards?
News F is for Federated identity In the wake of the largest-ever data breach to hit the UK, the Information Commissioner's Office has criticised the apparent lack of technological safeguards in government departments and called for "privacy-enhancing... [23 Nov 2007]
Foreign Office admits data breach
News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) investigated the FCO after Channel 4 News alerted it to the fact personal details belonging to visa applicants were accessible by anyone visiting certain websites. [14 Nov 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). If the two companies continue to fail they could be subject to further ICO action which could lead to unlimited... [22 Jun 2007]
