http://www.ico.gov.uk/RSSFeeds/PressReleases.aspx Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:37:20 GMT Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:48:52 GMT en Copyright 2006 Information Commissioner's Office Sitecore CMS: http://www.sitecore.net. Sitecore RSS module: Sitecore.Modules.RSS, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has served an enforcement notice on the Labour Party after it breached the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR). The enforcement action, by the UK privacy watchdog, follows an investigation which revealed that the party had made unsolicited automated marketing calls without consent to almost half a million individuals. http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/pressreleases/2010/labour_party_enforcement_notice_final_090210.pdf Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:48:52 GMT 63b8149c-4bd2-421c-8a91-a7b751424480 The Department for Transport (DfT) has been accused by the Conservative MP Justine Greening of destroying sensitive documents relating to the expansion of Heathrow Airport. Justine Greening used the Freedom of Information Act to demand copies of emails about the expansion scheme. The ICO has issued a statement. http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/pressreleases/2010/ico_statement_dft_080210.pdf Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:51:19 GMT cf9495c6-e79b-4ac9-8f6b-e7ef1c206ff3 The Information Commissioner has ordered the Cabinet Office to release information about an undertaking given by Michael, now Lord, Ashcroft in March 2000 concerning his intention to take up permanent residence in the UK on taking his seat in the House of Lords. A spokesperson for the Information Commissioner has issued a statement. http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/pressreleases/2010/ico_statement_lord_ashcroft_undertaking.pdf Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:55:46 GMT 73b0ede2-45f1-4aff-88c4-78d315eb9aea The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) in breach of the Data Protection Act after a laptop and memory stick were reported lost or stolen, containing the personal details of over 6,000 union members. http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/pressreleases/2010/association_of_teachers_and_lecturers_010210.pdf Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:27:28 GMT 9a1f57bf-04b3-437d-8dad-3bc4d4f1eb9e Stanwell School in Penarth has joined forces with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to educate children in the Vale of Glamorgan to stay safe online as part of a new national initiative called the ‘i in online’, which is officially launched on Data Protection Day 2010 (28 January). http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/pressreleases/2010/i-online_wales_280110.pdf Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:29:58 GMT 669812c9-45d5-411b-9042-6089edbd49ac Donaldson’s School in Linlithgow has joined forces with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to educate children and young people to stay safe online as part of a new national initiative called ‘the i in online’, which is officially launched on Data Protection Day 2010 (28 January). http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/pressreleases/2010/i-online_scotland_280110.pdf Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:20:34 GMT 81310805-f999-415d-91d0-9e3966100d93 Lagan College in Belfast has joined forces with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to educate children to stay safe online as part of a new national initiative called the ‘i in online’, which is officially launched on Data Protection Day 2010 (28 January). http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/pressreleases/2010/i-online_belfast_280110.pdf Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:15:44 GMT c1785ddb-cfe6-4467-ab74-c0f31ef19d95 Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has joined forces with a new national initiative called the ‘i in online’, which is officially launched on Data Protection Day 2010 (28 January), to educate children in Cheshire to stay safe online. http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/pressreleases/2010/i_online_wilmslow_280110.pdf Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:08:39 GMT 42ca9748-f8f7-4285-8073-40b50b40bd87 Over 800 data security breaches have been reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in just over two years, the privacy watchdog announces today. The ICO is warning that organisations may face tougher sanctions if they fail to report security breaches which subsequently come to light. http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/pressreleases/2010/data_breaches_260110.pdf Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:19:34 GMT b7dc61a1-2f14-414f-b8f8-0ca0ca0592f2 Yesterday's Mail on Sunday reported that the details of millions of gamblers have been offered for sale to the Mail on Sunday. The Daily Mail handed all the details over to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) and alerted Ladbrokes of the security breach. The ICO has issued a statement. http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/pressreleases/2010/ico_statement_ladbrokes_mos_article.pdf Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:34:53 GMT 91b6b2ce-1846-4f06-913a-d2eeb80b44b5 Mark Hackett, the Chief Executive of Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust (SUHT), has made a formal commitment to improve data security after the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) found SUHT in breach of the Data Protection Act. http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/pressreleases/2010/southampton_nhs_trust_undertaking_220110.pdf Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:17:43 GMT 80391a7d-7e6f-45b9-a353-00dddf4c2dca The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found Lancashire County Council in breach of the Data Protection Act after social work records containing sensitive personal data relating to several individuals were found in a filing cabinet purchased second-hand by a member of the public. The Council has now signed an Undertaking promising to implement a formal written procedure for the removal or disposal of any office furniture or equipment. http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/pressreleases/2010/lancashire_county_council_180110.pdf Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:59:40 GMT 32bb63c6-7414-48e7-afe6-6265d4c4ec99 The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published new guidance to help individuals in Northern Ireland take a claim to court under the Data Protection Act. http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/pressreleases/2010/ni_guidance_final_180110.pdf Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:07:04 GMT 97db9435-3522-4305-af0f-fb10c7b0ef9b The Guardian newspaper has corrected an inaccurate article. Monday’s Guardian ('Campbell had Iraq dossier changed to fit US claims', 11 January, page 7) noted that the Information Commissioner accidentally released documents to a reporter. This was incorrect and the Guardian’s correction appears in today’s paper and online. http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/pressreleases/2010/ico_statement_guardian_correction130110.pdf Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:49:05 GMT 42d9f846-7423-4bf6-95fb-051c39668170 The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is urging consumers to ensure that their credit reference file is accurate and up to date in 2010. Millions of consumers will use credit to help them through the year and it is essential that they make sure the information accessed by lenders is accurate. If the content of an individual’s credit reference file is wrong or out of date, banks, shops and catalogue companies could turn down their request for credit. http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/pressreleases/2010/credit_files_130110.pdf Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:18:30 GMT 9b00ceed-4f31-443c-b764-03f92ccd9421 New powers, designed to deter personal data security breaches, are expected to come into force on 6 April 2010. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) will be able to order organisations to pay up to £500,000 as a penalty for serious breaches of the Data Protection Act. The ICO has produced statutory guidance about how it proposes to use this new power, which has been approved by the Secretary of State for Justice, and has been laid before Parliament today. http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/pressreleases/2010/penalties_guidance_120110.pdf Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:42:45 GMT cb9f78f4-f7f5-481f-bedd-06d40082c7d5 The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found Bellgrange Mortgages and Insurance Services Ltd in breach of the Data Protection Act after clients’ details were found in two large waste bins intended for the use of local residents. The organisation, based in Stanmore, has signed an official Undertaking to improve data security. http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/pressreleases/2010/bellgrange_mortgages_and_insurance_services_ltd_110110.pdf Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:21:36 GMT a75839c0-1d47-47c7-b6a2-621c73c731ce The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has decided that it is in the public interest to disclose details about the methods used to restrain children and young people in secure training centres. The restraint methods include so-called distraction techniques which can involve deliberately inflicting pain on children. http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/pressreleases/2009/youth_justice_board_060110.pdf Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:09:19 GMT 2f4bfffa-9e45-4751-b3e5-538717822b4b Christopher Graham, the Information Commissioner, has used his powers to secure improvements in the way two public bodies conduct internal reviews under the Freedom of Information Act. In line with the Information Commissioner’s enforcement strategy, Christopher Graham has issued practice recommendations to the UK Border Agency (UKBA) and Cardiff County Council. http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/pressreleases/2009/cardiff_cc_and_ukba_practice_rec_221209.pdf Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:21:28 GMT fc488eb9-ac14-495d-9aa8-8415a3b83e7c The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found Shropshire Council in breach of the Data Protection Act following the loss of an unencrypted memory stick containing sensitive information relating to a large number of adult social care clients and members of staff. http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/pressreleases/2009/shropshire_council_press_release_171209.pdf Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:09:30 GMT d7e903c3-2a1e-4f30-adfb-5d953d1a13fa The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found Northern Ireland’s Department of Finance and Personnel in breach of the Data Protection Act after approximately 37,000 people’s personal details were stolen. Stephen Peover, the Permanent Secretary at the Department of Finance and Personnel, has signed a formal Undertaking to improve data security. http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/pressreleases/2009/dept_for_finance_and_personnel_171209.pdf Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:05:44 GMT 9525c5ca-4b7f-4619-8fbe-d9d13d54ade9 The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is inviting interested parties to bid to produce an analysis of developments in surveillance and data collection since the report, A Surveillance Society, which was produced for the ICO in 2006. The new analysis of how surveillance affects us all in our everyday lives will accompany the Information Commissioner’s 2010 report to Parliament on the state of surveillance. http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/pressreleases/surveillance_tender_161209.pdf Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:24:07 GMT 133384a0-0dd8-4f0b-9cbe-b921dfed1235 Waseley Hills High School and Sixth Form Centre in Birmingham has taken remedial action after the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) found it in breach of the Data Protection Act after the theft of personal data of over 1,000 pupils and staff. http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/pressreleases/2009/waseley_hills_high_school_undertaking_151209.pdf Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:50:01 GMT 6b7ba734-f0ac-4ce9-b570-1f9815b4a0e6 The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found the Orbit Heart of England Housing Association to be in breach of the Data Protection Act after 57 paper files containing personal data went missing during an office move. http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/pressreleases/2009/orbit_undertaking_111209.pdf Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:37:38 GMT c30d11ed-f9b4-440e-a4f7-7407a5126c5d Susan Fox, Director of Communications and External Relations at the Wilmslow-based Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), has become one of the first ever Chartered PR Practitioners. http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/pressreleases/2009/cipr_award_111209.pdf Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:22:45 GMT 49a18120-e006-4353-82ca-ba4ad5cf0acc The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has made a ruling under the Freedom of Information Act ordering Royal Mail to disclose recent performance figures about the delivery of first and second class mail. Royal Mail maintained that it should not be expected to disclose the figures, including actual delivery times, as they could help competitors acquire a detailed understanding of Royal Mail’s performance in a highly competitive market. However, in his ruling, the Deputy Information Commissioner, Graham Smith, notes that he is not persuaded by this argument. http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/pressreleases/2009/royal mail_dn_111209.pdf Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:13:16 GMT 20c948c8-8296-4204-88b7-c4fc3a57e8cd Justice Secretary Jack Straw has exercised the Ministerial veto to prevent the disclosure of 1997 Cabinet Committee minutes on devolution. The Information Commissioner's Office has issued a statement in response. http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/pressreleases/2009/statement_foi_veto_10122009.pdf Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:15:57 GMT 67e7e4d9-e8ee-46d9-8306-cc32d2129a17 Today the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is launching an online consultation on a new draft code of practice which will provide organisations with a practical and common sense approach to protecting individuals’ privacy online. The new draft guidance explains how the law applies and calls on organisations to give people the right degree of choice and control over their personal information, for instance by giving them clear privacy choices or making it easier for people to erase their personal information at the end of a browsing session. http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/pressreleases/2009/personal_info_online_091209.pdf Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:29:45 GMT b4bfbbe8-2c50-4f73-b4ee-19ba155105b8 The Freedom of Information Act is helping to establish how public money is being spent, but the Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham, is urging the public sector to release more official information on a proactive basis. http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/pressreleases/2009/5_ years_on_271109.pdf Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:37:26 GMT b79792a7-d288-4bab-9e50-62b5edbd7317 The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found Verity Trustees Ltd to be in breach of the Data Protection Act after the Trustees reported the theft of a laptop computer containing the names, addresses, dates of birth, salaries and national insurance numbers of around 110,000 individuals. http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/pressreleases/2009/verity_trustees_final_261109.pdf Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:06:07 GMT d8456669-e5cf-4cd5-8eb5-44c9b2f1ecca