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Tories pledge to stop surveillance powers abuse
News Specific measures would include a revision of Ripa legislation, plus a strengthening of the independent oversight by the surveillance commissioner of the use of powers by local authorities. An incoming Conservative... [30 Oct 2008]
Multimillion pound boost for privacy watchdog
News Information Commissioner Richard Thomas said the proposed £6m cash injection, which would give his office £18m per year, is expected to become law after the Queen's speech in December. The funding boost... [29 Oct 2008]
CEOs told - take responsibility for 'toxic' data
News CEOs must take more responsibility to safeguard confidential information according to the Information Commissioner, Richard Thomas. The Information... [29 Oct 2008]
Snooping database has to happen says gov't
News A spokesperson for the Information Commissioner's Office opposed the move towards a centralised database saying: "It is important to highlight that creating large collections of data is not a risk-free... [15 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... [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... [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... [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... [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... [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... [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... [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... [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... [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... [25 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... [17 Jul 2008]
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