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BTHA Briefing: Tackling Modern Slavery, Toy Safety and Toy Fair 2018

Sep 26, 2017

BTHA's Rebecca Deeming gives us the lowdown on the latest issues facing the toy industry. It’s been a busy last month for the BTHA having held our second BTHA Training Hub seminar for members, taking on the topic of Tackling Modern ...

Tags: Toy Fair 2018, Toy Safety

The Information Commissioner's Office Has Doled out Its Latest Data Breach Fine

Oct 25, 2013

The Information Commissioner's Office has doled out its latest data breach fine, this time to the Ministry of Justice, to the tune of £140,000. The ICO identified a "serious data breach", which saw details of all 1,182 prisoners ...

Tags: Computer Products, software

GP Practices Could Be Investigated by The Information Commissioner's Office

Aug 6, 2013

GP practices could be investigated by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) if they fail to warn patients that identifiable data will be extracted from their electronic health records to be used by the National Health Service (NHS) ...

Tags: GPs, EMIS Group software

ICO Has Threatened to Fine Google, If The Web Giant Doesn't Make Its Privacy Policy Clear

Jul 8, 2013

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has threatened to fine Google, if the web giant doesn't make its privacy policy clearer by September. Failure to provide information about how it uses and stores user data could see Google fined ...

Tags: Computer Products, software

Google Handed Wikileaks Volunteers' Gmail Accounts to NSA

Jun 27, 2013

Earlier this year, I wrote about how I considered the ICO's meagre £250,000 fine handed out to Sony for losing control of its servers and risking the theft of every man, woman and child's data on there as "a slap on the wrist". ...

Tags: Computer Products, software

ICO Has Served Google with an Enforcement Notice Regarding The Collection of Data

Jun 21, 2013

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has served Google with an enforcement notice regarding the collection of data by the web firm's Street View cars. The decision follows an investigation into Google which found its collection of ...

Tags: Google, ICO, Street Car Data Collection

Data Protection Regulation Making Its Way Through The European Parliament May Not Suit UK

Apr 25, 2013

The ICO has today warned that the data protection regulation currently making its way through the European Parliament may not suit the UK, and in fact may not even reach the agreement necessary for it to come into force. Further reading ...

Tags: Computer Products, software

The Data Protection Act 1998 Is Not a Barrier for Information Sharing

Apr 11, 2013

The Data Protection Act 1998 is not a barrier for information sharing but an enabler, according to Dawn Monaghan, group manager of strategic liaison at the Information Commissioner's Office. Speaking today at a Westminster Health Forum ...

Tags: Data Protection, Data Protection Act

Google's Privacy Policy Is Set to Be Investigated

Apr 3, 2013

Google's privacy policy is set to be investigated by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) to see if it's compliant with current UK law. The move comes after data watchdogs in five other European nations - France, Germany, Italy, ...

Tags: Google's Privacy Policy, google

EU Privacy Regulator CNIL Is to Take Action Against Google This Summer

Feb 20, 2013

French EU privacy regulator CNIL is to take action against Google this summer, according to a statement the body has released on its website. CNIL's statement explains how after several months of investigation, European data protection ...

Tags: Google, Microsoft, EU watchdogs

The Nursing and Midwifery Council Has Been Fined £150,000 by The Ico

Feb 19, 2013

The Nursing and Midwifery Council has been fined £150,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) for breaching the Data Protection Act. Three DVDs containing confidential information about two children went missing during ...

Tags: Data Protection Act, Nursing and Midwifery Council, ICO

A Government Body in The U.K. Has Fined Sony $396,000 for Using Lax Network Security

Jan 28, 2013

A government body in the U.K. has fined Sony $396,000 for using lax network security when its PlayStation network was hacked in 2011. The Information Commissioner's Office, a public agency to protect information rights of individuals, ...

Tags: U.K., network security, PlayStation network

Sony Has Received a Record £250,000 Fine From The ICO

Jan 25, 2013

Sony has received a record £250,000 fine from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) as punishment for the PlayStation Network (PSN) hack that took place in April 2011. The electronics firm says it "strongly disagrees" with the ...

Tags: Sony, Information Commissioner's Office, PlayStation Network

Sony Is Fined by Britain's Data Watchdog for a Breach

Jan 25, 2013

Electronics giant Sony has been fined by Britain's data watchdog for a breach that compromised the personal information of millions of customers using PlayStation video games consoles. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) in the UK ...

Tags: Sony, cyberattack, Computer

ICO Claims to Be About Helping Organisations to Do The Right Thing

Dec 31, 2012

The Information Commissioner's Office(ICO)claims to be about helping organisations to do the right thing,yet it punishes organisations that report breaches.But does this make sense?Is this really a good policy? The best-known case is the ...

Tags: Information Commissioner's Office

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