Not just data protection, this is M&S data protection Calls by the Information Commissioner for organisations to stop hiding behind the Data Protection Act (DPA) fell on deaf ears this week as Marks and Spencers insisted on a 7-year-old giving... ...full story at the register (uk)
from the register (uk) on Fri, Sep 05 2008
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| 24 Jan 08 |
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| 09 May 08 |
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Irish data protection chief in leaked report hack » the register (uk) Man bites watchdog There's red faces at the office of the Data Protection Commissioner this morning after a hacker lifted an upcoming official report off its website and published it early.… |
| 22 Feb 08 |
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Solicitors fined under Data Protection Act » the register (uk) ICO gets litigious on London lawyers Two London law firms must pay £815 each after the Information Commissioner sued them for not fulfilling their duties under the Data Protection Act. The two firms had failed to register themselves as processors o... |
| 17 Sep 07 |
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