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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]
News Richard Storey, head of IT at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, said: "This approach has resulted in attracting a different type of person who has a clear career development vision which we can support and benefit from, without resorting...
[28 Jun 2007]
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. Thomas' appointment was confirmed by the Queen yesterday.
[25 Jul 2002]
News Information Commissioner Richard Thomas today started his move to make companies' compliance with the Data Protection Act easier and simpler. An automatic ten points to Mr Thomas. Thomas said: "We've moved away from the intense detail of the...
[11 Jun 2003]
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. Talking to MPs yesterday at a meeting of the home affairs committee, Thomas said he had...
[09 Jun 2004]
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]
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]
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]
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]
News High-level support has emerged for Richard Barrington - the current director of industry in the office of the e-envoy while Thomas Power, the founder of education network Ecademy, has also joined the list.
[02 Oct 2000]
News But information commissioner Richard Thomas said most public bodies and departments are complying with requests for information. Around half of the FoI complaints made to the IC involve procedural issues and Thomas said this shows some public...
[13 Jul 2005]
News However, while the EU and US representatives were in bullish mood, with UK information commissioner Richard Thomas promising and end to talking and a new focus on action, there was still little agreement on the exact nature of the problem, and...
[11 Oct 2004]
Cheat Sheet The information commissioner is Richard Thomas. It currently needs permission from organisations to carry out an inspection but Thomas told a Home Office Select Committee this situation should change.
[28 Aug 2007]
News Richard Storey, head of IT, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Richard Steel, CIO, London Borough of Newham At a recent workshop by blue-chip user group the Corporate IT Forum, some IT chiefs said Microsoft's Select Agreements are a far...
[15 Nov 2007]
News Richard Storey, head of IT, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Richard Steel, CIO for the London Borough of Newham, added encryption should be used "where the data must be mobile and combined with two-factor authenticated access".
[07 Dec 2007]
News Information commissioner Richard Thomas has called for prison sentences of up to two years for the illegal buying and selling of personal information. Thomas warned in a statement: "Organisations can also be victims of this pernicious trade.
[12 May 2006]
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]
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. Thomas said it is essential that before new surveillance...
[01 May 2007]
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. Thomas said in a statement: "There has been widespread support for the...
[01 Apr 2008]
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]
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