data protection – Page 35 – Current Awareness

Personal data and politicians’ names – Panopticon

Posted March 21st, 2016 in appeals, closed material, council tax, data protection, disclosure, freedom of information, human rights, local government, news, privacy, public interest, tribunals by sally

‘Can the name of a local councillor who has defaulted on Council tax properly be withheld from disclosure under the exemption for personal data in s.40 FOIA? That was the issue for the Upper Tribunal (“UT”) in Haslam v (1) Information Commissioner (2) Bolton Council [2016] UKUT 0139 (AAC), 10 March 2016. Mr Haslam, a journalist on the Bolton News, had submitted a FOIA request to Bolton Council for disclosure of names of councillors who had received reminders for non-payment of Council tax since May 2011. The Council refused to name names, citing the exemption in s.40 FOIA. The Information Commissioner and First-Tier Tribunal (“FTT”) upheld the Council’s decision. The UT (Judge Markus QC) has now reversed the FTT’s decision, and held that the name of the individual councillor concerned should be released.’

Panopticon, 18th March 2016

Source: www.panopticonblog.com

Remove pictures of banned boozers or face five-figure payout under Data Protection Act, landlords warned – Daily Telegraph

Posted March 14th, 2016 in compensation, data protection, human rights, news by sally

‘The human rights of banned drinkers may be breached if customers see their mugshots.’

Daily Telegraph, 13th March 2016

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Regulator issues record £350,000 fine over PPI mis-selling calls – The Guardian

Posted March 1st, 2016 in complaints, data protection, fines, news, telecommunications by sally

‘A company that illegally sold on personal information and plagued members of the public with more than 46m automated nuisance calls relating to Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) mis-selling claims has received a record £350,000 fine.’

The Guardian, 29th February 2016

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Celebrities, the Media and the Personal Data Privacy Wars – Gresham College

Posted February 18th, 2016 in damages, data protection, EC law, legislation, media, news, privacy by sally

‘The Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) should properly have been called the Data Privacy Act: it is about privacy of personal data and not merely its security. Recent cases – if successful for the claimants – will change the litigation landscape for everyone.’

Gresham College, 27th January 2016

Source: www.gresham.ac.uk

Google to extend ‘right to be forgotten’ to all its domains accessed in EU – The Guardian

Posted February 12th, 2016 in data protection, EC law, internet, news by sally

‘Google will begin blocking search results across all of its domains when a search takes place within Europe, in an extension of how it implements the “right to be forgotten” ruling.’

The Guardian, 11th February 2016

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Sentences for data thieves ‘not tough enough’ – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted January 13th, 2016 in data protection, fines, news, sentencing by sally

‘The information commissioner has repeated calls for stronger sentencing powers for data thieves.’

Law Society’s Gazette, 12th January 2016

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Privacy watchdog attacks snooper’s charter over encryption – The Guardian

Posted January 12th, 2016 in bills, data protection, encryption, investigatory powers, news, privacy, select committees by sally

‘The information commissioner’s office has heavily criticised the draft Investigatory Powers bill for attacking individuals’ privacy, particularly in relation to the apparent requirement on communication providers to weaken or break their data encryption at the government’s request.’

The Guardian, 12th January 2016

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Councils call for online judicial approval of access to communications data – Local Government Lawyer

Posted January 12th, 2016 in bills, data protection, investigatory powers, local government, news, select committees, telecommunications, trading standards by sally

‘Councils should be able to apply for and be granted magistrates’ approval electronically for access to communications data, the Local Government Association and trading standards organisations have said.’

Local Government Lawyer, 11th January 2016

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Tougher sentencing powers needed to deter data thieves, says ICO – The Guardian

Posted January 12th, 2016 in costs, data protection, fines, news, sentencing, theft by sally

‘The head of the government’s privacy watchdog has called for stronger sentencing powers for people convicted of stealing personal data, after a woman who sold 28,000 pieces of sensitive driver data was fined just £1,000.’

The Guardian, 11th January 2016

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Dementia charity warned to take action over data protection failings – Daily Telegraph

Posted January 8th, 2016 in charities, data protection, mental health, news by sally

‘The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has ordered The Alzheimer’s Society to take action or risk prosecution after finding serious failings in the way volunteers handled data about people who used the charity.’

Daily Telegraph, 7th January 2016

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

CPS fine sparks call for data protection rethink – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted November 9th, 2015 in complaints, Crown Prosecution Service, data protection, internet, news, ombudsmen, police, privacy, victims, video recordings, witnesses by sally

‘Data protection arrangements should be reviewed in the modern world of social media and cybercrime, a specialist solicitor has said, after it emerged the Crown Prosecution Service delivered unencrypted DVDs to a film studio for 12 years.’

Law Society’s Gazette, 9th November 2015

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

UK government to reform communication surveillance laws – OUT-LAW.com

Posted November 5th, 2015 in bills, data protection, interception, internet, investigatory powers, news, privacy, telecommunications by sally

‘Data recording what websites internet users have visited will need to be retained for up to 12 months by telecommunication service providers under proposed new surveillance laws that have been outlined by the UK government.’

OUT-LAW.com, 4th October 2015

Source: www.out-law.com

CPS fined £200,000 over theft of interview film laptops – BBC News

Posted November 5th, 2015 in Crown Prosecution Service, data protection, fines, news, video recordings by sally

‘The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has been fined £200,000 by the information watchdog after the theft of laptops containing videos of police interviews.’

BBC News, 4th November 2015

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

UK surveillance powers explained – BBC News

Posted November 4th, 2015 in bills, data protection, electronic mail, intelligence services, interception, internet, investigatory powers, news, privacy, telecommunications, terrorism, warrants by sally

‘A new law setting out what powers the UK state will have to monitor communications between citizens is set to be unveiled. How will it work?’

BBC News, 4th November 2015

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Criminals may be behind TalkTalk’s cyber breach, but it can still be penalised by regulators – Technology Law Update

Posted October 26th, 2015 in consumer protection, data protection, enforcement, fines, fraud, insurance, internet, news, ombudsmen, telecommunications by sally

‘The revelations emerging about a major cyber attack on telecoms and broadband supplier TalkTalk are every CIO’s worst nightmare. But hard-working companies that are doing their best to stay ahead of the hackers shouldn’t be criticised, should they?’

Technology Law Update, 23rd October 2015

Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk

FGM: reporting of cases among children becomes mandatory – The Guardian

Posted October 21st, 2015 in child abuse, children, confidentiality, consent, data protection, disclosure, doctors, female genital mutilation, news, nurses, social services, statistics, teachers by sally

‘A duty on all teachers, doctors, nurses and social workers to report child cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) to the police will come into force next week.’

The Guardian, 20th October 2015

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Court of Appeal considers damages for privacy breaches – data protection to follow suit? – Panopticon

Posted October 21st, 2015 in appeals, compensation, damages, data protection, interception, media, news, privacy by sally

‘This week, the Court of Appeal is grappling with a difficult and important question: how do you value an invasion of privacy? In other words, where someone has suffered a breach of their privacy rights, how do you go about determining the compensation they should receive?’

Panopticon, 20th October 2015

Source: www.panopticonblog.com

Facebook data transfers threatened by Safe Harbour ruling – BBC News

Posted October 6th, 2015 in agreements, data protection, EC law, internet, news, privacy by sally

‘A pact that helped the tech giants and others send personal data from the EU to the US has been ruled invalid.’

BBC News, 6th October 2015

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Scotland Yard’s paedophile unit: Meeting the police men and women doing the most difficult work imaginable – The Independent

Posted October 5th, 2015 in child abuse, data protection, education, indecent photographs of children, internet, investigatory powers, news, police, privacy, sexual grooming, sexual offences, victims by sally

‘Paul Gallagher meets the people whose job it is to identify victims, stop abuse material being shared and distributed, categorise extreme imagery ready for court and, hopefully, catch paedophiles before they find a victim ‘

The Independent, 4th October 2015

Source: www.independent.co.uk

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