Analysis: Should the ICO wield the carrot or the stick?

Stuart Sumner
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Fines have been levied at already strapped-for-cash councils - but is fining the right approach?

In 2008, the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act gave privacy watchdog the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) powers to fine organisations for breaches of the Data Protection Act. These po...

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