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Latest Information Commissioner's Office articles

Anonymous attacks ICO and Leveson Inquiry websites

Anonymous news site
A group claiming affiliation with the hacktivist collective says attacks are in protest at the 'corruption within the inquiry'
15 May 2012

Quocirca’s Report from Infosecurity Europe 2012


11 May 2012

U-turn puts coalition and data law on collision course

Minister of the Cabinet Office Francis Maude
Francis Maude’s plans for sharing personal data across the public sector stand in stark contrast to promises made before the election
08 May 2012

Protect and survive: an essential guide to data protection regulation

Recent legislative changes in the EU and US have serious implications for any organisation that stores and processes personal data. So what do CIOs need to do to ensure they stay on the right side of the regulators?
08 May 2012

ICO issues first NHS data protection fine

£70,000 fine comes one week after Computing criticism
02 May 2012

Government data sharing plans may breach Data Protection Act

Maude’s plans for data sharing will require legal exemptions, warns law firm
01 May 2012

Analysis: Data security – the 93 per cent solution

Data security breaches cost UK plc £27bn a year. But there are practical solutions, and the time to act is now, as mandatory reporting is on the way
27 Apr 2012

To fine or not to fine: The ICO and the NHS

Why NHS organisations lose so much data – and why the Information Commissioner lets them off with little more than a warning
27 Apr 2012

Opinion: What price national security?

Critics of the government’s snooping proposals are missing the real scandal
18 Apr 2012

Analysis: Conflicting forces of cyber law and order

New EU initiatives may duplicate, or even undermine, efforts to protect the UK’s financial services industry from cyber crime. And as Sooraj Shah and Andrew Charlesworth report, this is the last thing the sector needs
18 Apr 2012

Opinion: Security officers find shelter from the firing line

Changes in the way enterprises approach risk mean CISOs are no longer scapegoats-in-waiting
17 Apr 2012

Cyber crime and the limits of spin


17 Apr 2012

ICO distances itself from government snooping plans (UPDATED)

Data watchdog says interception of online data is purely a matter for Home Office
04 Apr 2012

Consumerisation complicates IT governance

Unrestricted use of consumer devices and public file-sharing services complicates IT governance and investigations, says forensic expert
03 Apr 2012

Lancashire police fined after losing data on vulnerable girl

Police force must pay £70,000 fine after details of a missing girl were found in the street
14 Mar 2012

Europe’s privacy chief lambasts proposed data protection changes

Rules have been relaxed to accommodate police forces, says independent data protection supervisor
08 Mar 2012

Q&A: Bring-your-own policies bring legal risks

Consumerisation has the potential to land CIOs in legal hot water.
07 Mar 2012

Feature: Are your smartphones in safe hands?

Employee smartphones can expose organisations to serious risks. Here are the measures IT leaders need to take to counter them
06 Mar 2012

IT chiefs eye Google's privacy dispute with interest

Google's changes to its privacy policy could affect how other firms treat data sharing
01 Mar 2012

Opinion: For every leak, there’s a solution

Data protection officers cannot be expected to combat breaches without the right tools
21 Feb 2012

Analysis: Data protection – is the EU going too far?

Many businesses fear that the new data protection proposals will mean an extra burden of cost at a time when they can least afford it
06 Feb 2012

Data watchdog is right to get tough


06 Feb 2012

ICO fine will hurt taxpayers


06 Feb 2012

Hospital faces £375,000 ICO fine after data sold on eBay

Brighton and Sussex General says it will challenge the decision
16 Jan 2012