richard thomas commissioner
UK spammers off the legal hook for another year
News Richard Thomas, the information commissioner, is understood to be pushing for his office's powers to be extended. Beside regular discussions on the issue between the DTI and the information commissioner, such as the meeting between information... [16 Apr 2004]
Top lawyer clinches Information Commissioner role
News Richard Thomas, currently director of public policy at Clifford Chance, will be responsible for upholding the Data Protection Act and ensuring from government freedom of information. A high-level lawyer at one of the world's largest law firms has... [25 Jul 2002]
Data watchdog blasts secrecy over ID cards
News The man who will be an integral part of the UK's proposed ID card rollout - Information Commissioner Richard Thomas - has slammed the government's plans. The Information Commissioner will give his official response to the scheme in July. [09 Jun 2004]
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 communications would be "a step too far for the British way of life". [15 Jul 2008]
Data protection watchdog blasts ID card database
News Information commissioner Richard Thomas warns that the extensive personal information to be retained on the NIR and the requirement for individuals to keep notifying changes in circumstances is "excessive and disproportionate". [28 Oct 2005]
Cheat Sheet: Data Protection Act 1998
Cheat Sheet The information commissioner is Richard Thomas. The Act means so-called "data controllers" have to register with the information commissioner. The commissioner can initiate his own action or take action as the result of a complaint. [28 Aug 2007]
UK must overhaul data sharing rules
News Whitehall has neither the framework nor the leadership to properly protect the public's personal data, a review by Information Commissioner Richard Thomas and Mark Walport, director of the Wellcome Trust has found.silicon.com's Full Disclosure... [11 Jul 2008]
Give us more power, says data protection watchdog
News But giving evidence before the Home Affairs Select Committee, information commissioner Richard Thomas called for stronger powers to allow his office to carry out inspections and audits. The commissioner also called for "privacy impact assessments... [01 May 2007]
ICO: Data theft laws must not be axed
News Information Commissioner Richard Thomas said that responsible media should not fear that the legislation would block the release of information in the public interest. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has said it is vital the government... [01 Apr 2008]
Whitehall fights to keep ID card cost report secret
News The ICO considered the complaint under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act and, after reviewing a copy of the report, information commissioner Richard Thomas ruled that the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public... [06 Jul 2006]
ID cards "an expensive and dangerous folly"
News Information Commissioner Richard Thomas has expressed his concerns over government plans in the recent past and today said in a statement that "the current proposals are far wider than necessary to implement a simple identity scheme". [30 Jul 2004]
ID cards won't comply with data protection laws
News Information Commissioner Richard Thomas was speaking at an Institute of Public Policy Research conference in London today. Thomas cited the example of the UK's previous paper-based ID card scheme during World War II, which was initiated to enforce... [17 Nov 2004]
PFI companies may have to be more revealing
News That was the warning made by Information Commissioner Richard Thomas as he briefed MPs in a special hearing of the constitutional affairs committee. That could include information previously regarded as confidential, according to Thomas. [12 May 2004]
'Extreme Big Brother fears to become a reality'
News In a new report entitled A Surveillance Society, information commissioner Richard Thomas predicts a world in 2016 where technology is extensively and routinely used to track and record people's activities and movements. [01 Nov 2006]
ICO: Make 'reckless' data loss an offence
News In a document submitted to government, information commissioner Richard Thomas called for the Data Protection Act (DPA) to be amended to include a penalty for data controllers "knowingly or recklessly failing to comply with the principles" of the... [31 Jan 2008]
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