data protection act in comment and analysis
Data Protection Act humbles Home Office
Comment His victory was down to two notorious pieces of legislation which have generated mountains of media coverage but little yet in terms of concrete goalposts - the Human Rights Act and the Data Protection Act 1998. [19 Nov 2001]
Data protection - crimes and misdemeanours
Comment Yet as one prominent lawyer, Mike Pullen of DLA, said: "What's the point of having a law [the Data Protection Act] if it isn't enforced? One security expert called the gaffe "a collector's piece", which implies web security and data protection has... [12 Aug 2002]
Spam and data protection: know the law and take precautions
Comment While the 1998 Data Protection Act aimed to safeguard everyone's personal data, the pace of technological evolution soon outstripped that of legislation. The new regulations put the issue of consent at the heart of digital data protection. [10 Dec 2003]
The Data Protection Commissioner - what all the fuss is about
Comment The DPC is the independent watchdog charged with promoting good handling of personal data and ensuring compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998. For related news see: silicon.com launches Back the Act campaign' http://www.silicon.com/a39096 [15 Aug 2000]
Back the Act: an unsatisfactory end to the Powergen affair
Comment We felt that the DPC has the necessary legislative backing - the Data Protection Act - but lacks both the political will and the funding to make it a powerful deterrent. Assistant DPC commissioner, Phil Jones, says he's helpless to act against the... [16 Oct 2000]
Leader: Data protection watchdog needs more bite
Leader After a reporter from a national tabloid newspaper exposed poor data security in an Indian call centre by obtaining the bank and credit card details of 1,000 UK bank customers, the ICO boldly warned that the banks using the centre could face... [13 Jan 2006]
Why and how you should Back the Act
Comment To answer the first call, fines may be the only way some companies will take the Data Protection Act seriously, but to channel the proceeds back to the DPC is questionable. It's been encouraging to see how many people are responding to our Back the... [16 Aug 2000]
Full Disclosure - silicon.com launches data breaches campaign
Comment Over the last year silicon.com has reported on a number of stories, such as laptop thefts and Data Protection Act breaches by banks, which show there is still much to do to improve the way the organisations treat information they hold about the... [16 Jul 2007]
The strange case of Argos and the detector van people
Comment The data protection act does not apply when it comes to buying a telly. And that's what the Data Protection Act is all about. The Information Commissioner's office told us this is allowed under the terms of the 1967 Wireless Telegraphy Act. [05 Feb 2003]
Analysis: Does ID management invade workers' privacy?
Comment These rights are bolstered by privacy rights in the Data Protection Act which apply as much to employees as they do to customers. Under the Data Protection Act, the company is responsible for the security of the confidential client data it holds. [10 May 2006]
Back the Act: Let's win back e-consumers
Comment The UK's Data Protection Act (DPA) covers serious security breaches of this kind. It's under-funded, under-staffed, and companies like Barclays and Powergen simply aren't scared.silicon.com believes the Act itself is perfectly adequate, and the DPC... [15 Aug 2000]
Vendors hype up compliance fears
Comment What he's taken to doing now is getting an undertaking from individuals and organisations that have breached the Data Protection Act, and naming and shaming them in press releases," she says. Data Protection Act [08 Apr 2008]
Editor's Blog: Lords above!
Comment I don't want it to take another data breach - followed by identity thieves exploiting that lost data to rip off the unlucky public - before the government decides to act. Their other suggestions included increasing resources for the police to deal... [27 Feb 2008]
The Bloor Perspective: Offshoring, those DPA emails and Oracle 10g
Comment The OFT has responded to many complaints received about misleading advertisements for ‘notification services’ - associated with the Data Protection Act, 1998 - by obtaining an interim injunction order from the High Court, against a Mr Christopher... [21 Sep 2003]
Ask the Lawyer @ Silicon.com
Comment As for specific legislation, beware the Data Protection Act 1998, which is relevant to monitoring email content. The processing (including storing) of personal data relating to a living individual requires the consent of that individual (or one of... [20 Apr 2000]
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