“The Carphone Warehouse allowed customers to view other people’s account details, passed inaccurate information on to debt collectors and opened accounts in the wrong name, according to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th January 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Senior British police officials are talking to the FBI about an international database to hunt for major criminals and terrorists.”
The Guardian, 15th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The government has launched an inquiry into the way the national police DNA database is used to fight crime.”
BBC News, 9th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“MPs are calling for new offences to allow Whitehall departments to be prosecuted for data security blunders such as the loss of child benefit records for 25 million people.”
The Times, 3rd January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“HM Revenue and Customs became embroiled in another data scandal today after it emerged that it lost personal details of 6,000 private pension holders.”
The Guardian, 18th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Civil servants face being jailed for gross failures to safeguard citizens’ personal information under a clampdown following the disappearance of two discs that held the child benefit records of 25 million people.”
The Times, 18th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The government yesterday revealed another disturbing loss of citizens’ data when the transport secretary disclosed that a computer disc had gone missing that contained the records of more than 3 million driving test applicants, including their names, home addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers.”
The Guardian, 18th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Norwich Union has been fined £1.26m for failing to protect customers’ personal details after fraudsters were able to steal £3.3m from policyholders, the City watchdog said today.”
The Guardian, 17th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Richard Thomas and Dr Mark Walport are conducting a consultation on the use and sharing of personal information in the public and private sectors as part of their independent Data Sharing Review.”
Ministry of Justice, 12th December 2007
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Organisations must consider the impact on individuals’ privacy before developing new IT systems or changing the way they handle personal information, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) will urge today.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th December 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
“Santa Claus’s failure to alert children to their rights to full refunds within seven working days under the Distance Selling Regulations is in breach of those rules, an expert has warned.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th December 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
“Santa Claus could be breaking privacy laws in his collection and use of data about British children, experts have warned. Yuletide cheer-bringer Claus could be putting the personal data of millions of children at risk.”
OUT-LAW.com, 10th December 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
“MPs are considering changes to the law that would make chief executives directly responsible for safeguarding the public’s personal data and make the improper or careless treatment of personal information a criminal offence.”
The Times, 7th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“HM Revenue & Customs has suffered seven ‘significant’ breaches of security involving the loss of personal data in the past 2½ years, the organisation’s new acting chairman disclosed yesterday.”
The Times, 6th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The government needs to review the scale of its plans for identity cards in the wake of the release of 25 million names and addresses on government child benefit records, the information commissioner, Richard Thomas, told the justice select committee yesterday.”
The Guardian, 5th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ministers are braced for a new wave of ‘Datagate’ scandals after the Government’s information watchdog said he was investigating several possible breaches of data protection laws.”
The Independent, 5th December 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Information Commissioner will have the chance to lobby MPs for greater powers in the wake of the HM Revenue & Customs data loss scare when he is grilled by the House of Commons Justice Committee today.”
OUT-LAW.com, 4th December 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Information Commissioner launched an investigation yesterday after it was revealed that thousands of Britons’ bank details are available for sale on the internet.”
The Independent, 3rd December 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Companies could be infringing privacy if they dig up information about job applicants from social networking websites, an internet expert has warned.”
The Guardian, 27th November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An investigation into how personal information about the judiciary came to be sent by post began last night as further details emerged about lost discs containing taxpayers’ details.”
The Times, 26th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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