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Data Protection Act will catch out SMEs and dot-coms
News Time is running out for businesses to comply with the new data protection legislation, due to come into force on Wednesday. The 1998 Data Protection Act, which comes into force on 1 March, updates the previous Data Protection Act by recognising the... [27 Feb 2000]
Data Protection Commissioner washes hands of Powergen
News Powergen breached the principles of the Data Protection Act 1998 when it left the information in an insecure area of the web site, according to assistant data protection commissioner, Phil Jones. But he explained that the DPC has no power to take... [13 Oct 2000]
Data Protection Act a mystery to UK businesses
News The UK's stringent data protection laws go into force today - but less than one-quarter of UK companies have even heard of them. From today, under the terms of the 1998 Data Protection Act, it is an offence for companies to distribute personal... [29 Feb 2000]
Data protection row to ground transatlantic planes?
News In March 2003, with the Commission's backing, the US authorities got direct access to the booking systems of the main companies who fly to the US, without guaranteeing adequate protection of the data according to EU privacy laws. [06 Oct 2003]
Data Protection Act to be enforced after 1 March
News The UK Data Protection Act will be in force by 1 March, according to the Home Office. The draft regulation suggests that the fee for registering with the Data Protection Registrar will be raised to £35 per year, up from the £25 per year fee that... [21 Jan 2000]
Data Protection Act could catch UK companies napping
News IT services group, NCC, is warning that changes to the UK's Data Protection Act could catch companies unawares. David Smith, UK assistant data protection registrar, said the survey suggested that much preparation still needed to be done: "We would... [07 Oct 1999]
Data protection directive goes live
News The 1998 Data Protection Act will come into effect at midnight tonight, when an EU directive reaches its deadline. The directive gives individuals greater access to their personal data, and prevents businesses from exporting it outside the European... [23 Oct 1998]
Data protection watchdog blasts ID card database
News The UK's data protection watchdog has slammed the government's ID card plans saying there is no justification for storing so much personal and biometric information in a central national identity register (NIR). [28 Oct 2005]
Data protection scams face clamp-down
News The Federation of Small Business (FSB) has added its backing to a UK government campaign alerting small businesses to fraudulent data protection charges. The FSB has highlighted one company, a Merseyside-based operation called Data Protection... [06 Feb 2002]
Data protection watchdog slams Snooping Bill
News The Home Office's Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Bill faced its most damning condemnation so far when the UK data protection watchdog presented its concerns to the Home Office. The Data Protection Commission (DPC) - formerly the Data... [14 Apr 2000]
Data protection watchdog targets businesses
News The UK's data protection watchdog has established a new unit to target possible misuse of personal information collected by businesses. The launch of the Regulatory Action Division (RAD) by the Information Commission comes in the same week the... [16 Jun 2005]
Data protection watchdog 'lacks teeth'
News The Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) lacks the resources and political weight to enforce the Data Protection Act (DPA). The attack is in response to high-profile security breaches at Barclays and Powergen over the last month, which left industry... [14 Aug 2000]
Data protection? We've heard of it, say SMEs
News Nearly all SMEs are aware of the Data Protection Act (DPA) and most of them are rather fond of it, according to a new research report from the Information Commissioner's Office. Figures contained in the report show that 99 per cent of small and... [05 Nov 2004]
Data protection finds its way to Dell storage
News Dell on Friday introduced data protection software jointly developed with CommVault Systems to meet the needs of small businesses. The CommVault data protection software has been tested on Dell's data storage systems, the company said. [17 May 2004]
Data Protection Bill sparks international talks
News An EC directive on data protection is in the process of being enacted by member states and it could make information sharing with some countries illegal. Graham Sutton, of the Home Office's data protection unit, said data privacy issues have been... [17 Jul 1998]
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