11/11/2009
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- Government proposes £500,000 upper limit for data protection fines
1. Government proposes £500,000 upper limit for data protection fines
The United Kingdom Government proposes to set the maximum penalty for serious breaches of the Data Protection Act at £500,000. The Information Commissioner is to decide when a fine should be imposed. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) will publish detailed guidance setting out the criteria it will use when serving a monetary penalty notice.
A consultation on the monetary penalty was launched on 9 November and will run until 21 December 2009.
The consultation paper can be accessed at http://www.justice.gov.uk/consultations/docs/civil-monetary-penalties-consultation.pdf
There will be more information in the December issue of PL&B UK.
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