The early part of 2015 saw major changes to the monetary fines that may be imposed for breaches of the Data Protection Act (‘DPA’). For example, unlimited fines may now be imposed by UK Magistrates’ courts for criminal offences under the DPA.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (‘ICO’) has now seen similar changes to its powers. …
This post was written by Cynthia O’Donoghue.
The First Tier Tribunal (Information Rights) granted appeal against a monetary penalty notice of £300,000 issued by the Information Commissioner in the case of Christopher Niebel v The Information Commissioner (EA/2012/2060), ruling that the penalty notice should be cancelled.
The monetary penalty notice had been…
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (the “ICO”) has served a monetary penalty notice of £250,000 on Sony Computer Entertainment Europe following the hacking of Sony’s PlayStation Network in April 2011, which it described as a serious breach of the UK Data Protection Act (the “Act”). The ICO stated that Sony did not take “appropriate technical…
This post was written by Cynthia O’Donoghue.
The First-Tier Tribunal General Regulatory Chamber for Information Rights has dismissed the first appeal against a Monetary Penalty Notice issued by the UK Information Commissioner’s Offices (ICO) for a serious violation of the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA). The ICO had issued the Central London Community Healthcare…
