Posts Tagged Freedom Of Information
Data Protection Advice for schools and just about everyone else
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 19/09/2012
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office has released a report which gives practical advice on how to comply with the Data Protection Act. The advice was prompted by a survey of 400 schools across nine local authority areas that showed that whilst awareness of data protection laws was generally good, schools need to pay more attention to […]
Who fell foul of the Information Commissioner in October?
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 31/10/2011
A week after Calls for tougher penalties for breaches of the Data Protection Act (read my post here) I thought it would be good time to have a look at who the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has taken action against during the month of October 2011. To add some consistency I have also included actions taken […]
Information Commissioner calls for powers to conduct compulsory Data Protection Audits
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 13/10/2011
The Information Commissioner has called for powers to conduct compulsory data protection audits in local government, the health service and the private sector are needed to ensure compliance with the law, the Information Commissioner said today at the 10th annual data protection compliance conference in London. Christopher Graham’s call came as figures showed that the ICO […]
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