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Update: GBP 500,000 penalty proposed for serious breaches of DPA 1998
The Ministry of Justice has today published its response to the consultation on setting a maximum penalty of £500,000 for serious data protection breaches.
The response indicates that the majority of respondents supported the Government’s proposal. As such, new regulations have today been laid before Parliament to implement the proposal and if approved, will come into force on 6 April 2010.
The Information Commissioner has previously produced draft guidance setting out how he would exercise powers to impose a penalty of up to £500,000 for serious data protection offences. For further details and to view our previous article, please click on or copy and paste the following link:
http://www.law-now.com/law-now/2009/dpanov09.htm
If you would like any further information on this subject, including on your responsibilities as a data controller, please let us know.
The latest from Law-Now
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Update: GBP 500,000 penalty proposed for serious breaches of DPA 1998
The Ministry of Justice has today published its response to the consultation on setting a maximum penalty of £500,000 for serious data protection breaches.
The response indicates that the majority of respondents supported the Government’s proposal. As such, new regulations have today been laid before Parliament to implement the proposal and if approved, will come into force on 6 April 2010.
The Information Commissioner has previously produced draft guidance setting out how he would exercise powers to impose a penalty of up to £500,000 for serious data protection offences. For further details and to view our previous article, please click on or copy and paste the following link:
http://www.law-now.com/law-now/2009/dpanov09.htm
If you would like any further information on this subject, including on your responsibilities as a data controller, please let us know.
