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Mobile directory - invasion of privacy or invaluable service?
Comment The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has acknowledged the privacy concerns but has given the service the go ahead. Does the UK's new mobile phone directory go far enough to... [25 Jun 2009]
Google's Street View gives UK its close up
News In August 2008, the Information Commissioner's Office said it was satisfied Google is putting in place adequate safeguards to avoid any risk to the privacy or safety of individuals. As Street View has... [20 Mar 2009]
Lib Dems banned from automated calling
News The Liberal Democrats have been found to be in breach of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) following an investigation into the party's... [26 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... [11 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]
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... [15 Jul 2008]
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. But Gus Hosein, senior fellow at Privacy International and fellow at the... [20 May 2008]
Missing: 25 million child benefit records
News Privacy watchdog the Information Commissioner's Office, the Financial Services Authority and the Serious and Organised Crime Agency have also been notified. Although the banks have so far reported no... [20 Nov 2007]
Barclays faces call centre probe
News Barclays Bank faces an Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) investigation over allegations of customer privacy breaches. We are fully co-operating with the information commissioner's... [26 Apr 2007]
Privacy watchdog probes call centre breaches
News Deputy information commissioner David Smith said in a statement: "It appears that some mobile phone companies' call centres in India are being targeted by criminals intent on unlawfully obtaining UK... [09 Oct 2006]
ID thieves deserve jail, says privacy watchdog
News Information commissioner Richard Thomas has called for prison sentences of up to two years for the illegal buying and selling of personal information. Private investigators are one of the main suppliers of this personal... [12 May 2006]
The government is watching you - official
News But a couple of amendments were made that went down well with privacy campaigners: the Interception of Communications Commissioner will now have to have to inform individuals when their... [14 Nov 2003]
IT Myths: Who's analysing our trans-Atlantic phone calls?
News For what's known as 'intrusive surveillance', in a house or prison cell for example, applying to the relevant Chief Constable and a Surveillance Commissioner is necessary. However, Simon Davies, director of... [17 Jul 2003]
Monitoring staff - what you should and shouldn't do
News Information Commissioner Richard Thomas today started his move to make companies' compliance with the Data Protection Act easier and simpler. But he emphasises the key points are that employees be made aware of the... [11 Jun 2003]
Home Office: We got data retention wrong
News Elizabeth France, the Information Commissioner, later said the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), which deals with access to the retained data once it has been retained under ATCS, was likely to break the... [06 Dec 2002]
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