News stories tagged with ICO enforcement
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13/08/2012
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On 6 August the ICO issued a monetary penalty of £175,000 on Torbay Care Trust after sensitive personal information relating to 1,373 employees was published on the Trust’s website. The spreadsheet included personal data, such as names, pay scales...
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07/03/2013
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The ICO’s new corporate plan promises a revised data protection enforcement policy by June 2013, and research on the effectiveness of the penalties. The ICO’s objectives for the next three years are: 1. Organisations have a better understanding of...
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20/03/2013
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In what seems like the start of a campaign to enforce the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR), the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined a Glasgow-based kitchen and bedroom design company £90,000 for making nuisanc...
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18/06/2013
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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has again targeted companies that do not honour individuals’ opt out from marketing calls through the Telephone Preference Service. Nationwide Energy Services has received a penalty of £125,000, and We...
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12/09/2013
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The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) issued an undertaking on 28 August on Cardiff City Council, which requires the authority to improve its practices regarding Subject Access Requests (SARs). The undertaking is based on a SAR which the...
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11/11/2013
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The ICO’s £300,000 fine on Mr Christopher Niebel, trading as Tetrus Telecoms, for sending unwanted text messages on an industrial scale has been overruled by the First Tier Tribunal. For the ICO to be able to issue a monetary penalty, the...
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03/01/2014
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The ICO’s latest consultation, launched on 18 December, introduces some subtle changes to the current complaints handling system. The ICO says that due to the volume of enquiries and complaints, and having to make most of its limited resources, it...
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18/02/2014
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The ICO’s enforcement statistics, published at the end of January, reveal that the topics that generate most complaints about spam are debt management and payday loans. The ICO uses these statistics to decide in which sectors to start enforcement...
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