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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UK voice technology firm under fire
A UK firm that turns mobile messages into text faces questions over its privacy standards, technology and finances following a BBC investigation. Spinvox’s service aims to convert voice messages into text messages using advanced speech recognition software. But claims to the BBC suggest that the majority of messages have been heard and transcribed by call…
CORRECTED: Anonymous web data can be personal data
The Register has a story on a fascinating legal analysis by Chris Pounder of Amberhawk Training (report here, pdf) as to how identifying yourself as being the individual associated with a particular IP address might be used to force companies such as Google and Yahoo to treat your data as being under the UK Data…
Syvret charged with data offense
In the latest developments of an ongoing case, the BBC reports that Jersey Senator Stuart Syvret has been charged with publishing a confidential police report containing personal data on his blog. He is due to appear before magistrates on Thursday 16 July. Syvret has been a very outspoken critic of public officials. In a post…