The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has served Enforcement Notices on 14 construction firms following breaches of the Data Protection Act. Some organizations paid thousands of pounds to unfairly obtain personal information about construction workers. David Smith, Deputy Information Commissioner, said: “Fourteen firms paid for personal details about construction workers without those people knowing. The individuals…
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Sale of DMV Data Could Bankrupt Missouri
Two related federal class actions have the potential to bankrupt the state. The plaintiffs claim that the Source for Public Data and Chexsystems Collection Agency illegally obtained a database from the Missouri Department of Motor Vehicles, with confidential information about Missouri drivers….. The classes claim the companies violated the Federal Driver’s Privacy Protection Act by…
Gibtelecom: Come back with a warrant
The Royal Gibraltar Police has been demanding that Gibtelecom supply them with subscriber information without a court order or search warrant. Gibtelecom have refused. Contacted by PANORAMA, chief executive officer Tim Bristow said that Gibtelecom, like its predecessors Nynex and Gibtel, “have only ever provided the Police with access to subscribers’ telecommunications data on the…
Quote of the Day
When even the purchase of a pack of cigarettes becomes part of an information database, the surveillance of people’s private lives by technological means has gone too far. That statement is from an editorial in The Japan Times on how the Tobacco Institute of Japan handed over personal data and records of specific tobacco purchases…