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The ICO's half a million pound penalty fines approved by the Secretary of State for Justice
January 15, 2010
Half a million pound penalty introduced for personal data security breaches by the Information Commissioner's Office
A £500,000 penalty has been introduced by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) for personal data security breaches.
As revealed by SC Magazine last year, there are plans to increase the punishing powers of the ICO and an announcement revealed that it will be able to order organisations to pay up to £500,000 as a penalty for serious breaches of the Data Protection Act.
The ICO has produced statutory guidance about how it proposes to use this new power, which has been approved by the Secretary of State for Justice, and was laid before Parliament in January 2010.
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 | Information Commissioner Christopher Graham said: “Getting data
protection right has never been more important than it is today. As
citizens, we are increasingly asked to complete transactions online,
with the state, banks and other organisations using huge databases to
store our personal details. “When things go wrong, a security breach can cause real harm and great
distress to thousands of people. These penalties are designed to act as
a deterrent and to promote compliance with the Data Protection Act. I
remain committed to working with voluntary, public and private bodies
to help them stick to the rules and comply with the act. But I will not
hesitate to use these tough new sanctions for the most serious cases
where organisations disregard the law.” e92plus can help organisations protect themselves against such fines with SecureDoc form WinMagic. WinMagic delivers solutions for organizations that are serious about data security. Millions of users at leading government agencies and global enterprises rely on WinMagic to deliver robust and powerful protection for sensitive data. Windows, Mac or Linux laptops and desktops, mobile devices, CDs, DVDs, USB drives and more can all be protected by WinMagic’s SecureDoc solutions.
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