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Critics attack gov't email, phone database plan
News And Jonathan Bamford, assistant information commissioner, warned in a statement: "We are sleepwalking into a surveillance society. These can be accessed by national authorities to help in a criminal... [20 May 2008]
Outlawed: Reckless loss of data
News David Smith, deputy information commissioner, welcomed the laws, saying in a statement: "This change in the law sends a very clear signal that data protection must be a priority and that it is completely... [12 May 2008]
House of Lords backs data loss law change
News It follows calls by the Information Commissioner Richard Thomas for the criminalisation of reckless data loss earlier this year. Losing personal data took a step closer to becoming a criminal offence... [28 Apr 2008]
Vendors hype up compliance fears
Comment But the information commissioner's powers are relatively weak, says Matthew. If companies fail to comply with an enforcement notice, then it becomes a criminal offence. The act confirms directors' duties... [08 Apr 2008]
ICO: Data theft laws must not be axed
News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has said it is vital the government resists pressure to withdraw clause 76 as the bill passes through parliament. Information Commissioner Richard Thomas said... [01 Apr 2008]
Poll: Execs should be jailed for data loss
News The poll follows on from the HM Revenue & Customs loss in November 2007 of two CDs containing the details of 25 million people and a flurry of reported incidents since.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign recently made a breakthrough... [14 Feb 2008]
Editor's Blog: Another blow to identity fraudsters
Comment Seven months after we launched our Full Disclosure campaign calling for a rethink of legislation in this area, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is now asking that knowingly or recklessly breaching the Data... [06 Feb 2008]
ICO: Make 'reckless' data loss an offence
News The document said: "The Commissioner is proposing the introduction of a new penalty, limited to breaches that are avoidable, that give rise to a serious data-protection risk and where a criminal state of... [31 Jan 2008]
HMRC's missing discs: Just a warning shot
Comment Worst still, how can the commissioner properly follow up a spot check when he cannot levy fines or bring criminal proceedings? For instance, the regulator, the Information Commissioner,... [27 Nov 2007]
Gordon Brown orders data security spot checks
News Information Commissioner Richard Thomas welcomed the powers to spot check government departments without the need for consent but he also called for data breaches of this scale to be made a criminal... [22 Nov 2007]
Experts call for data breach legislation
News David Evans, deputy information commissioner with the ICO, said: "The idea that the IT director is responsible does not reflect the fact that we are happy to hand out or own information. And Hazel Grant, partner at legal... [14 Sep 2007]
Crime pays - and pays very well in cyberspace
Comment This year the e-Crime Congress, an event I helped organise, will hear from UK politicos such as Home Office minister Vernon Coaker, shadow home affairs minister James Brokenshire and information commissioner Richard Thomas. [07 Mar 2007]
Data thieves facing two years in prison
News Information Commissioner Richard Thomas had proposed tougher penalities and today said in a statement that "a custodial sentence will act as a deterrent". He stressed the international nature of the problem, citing the... [07 Feb 2007]
'Data sharing could aid crackdown on crime'
News Last week the information commissioner, Richard Thomas, whose job it is to monitor abuses of data, said he encouraged the sharing of data in the public sector. We are determined to bear down on the people who are engaged... [18 Jul 2006]
UK stops 13 fax marketers - but no spammers
News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has admitted it fails to take legal steps against UK spammers while "successfully" enforcing regulations against 13 fax marketers. T]he commissioner recognises... [11 Aug 2005]
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