The Department for Constitutional Affairs has announced that it intends to take forward the ICO’s suggestion that custodial sentences be available for breach of s55 of the Data Protection Act 1998. This will be introduced when parliamentary time allows.
Custodial sentence for obtaining data illegally?
February 2nd, 2007 | Data Protection, Legislation
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[…] of Justice published the draft legislation making breach of s55 an offence which can attract a custodial sentence, the ICO has issued an annual report which promises to make it tougher for those […]
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