ICO toothless as ever
Wow. Dixons "signed a formal undertaking" and Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust had to "promise to improve its data handling". What next, 10 minutes on the naughty step?
Dixons has had its wrist slapped for leaving customer details in a skip outside one of its PC World stores. To be fair to the world's favourite tech retailer there were only eight completed credit agreements found, but they did contain customers' personal and financial data. The store concerned was in Northamptonshire, and the …
Obviously they couldn't tell Dixons that they were really very badly naughty as it could have upset them. I suppose that as Dixons were desperately trying to save money by using someone else's skip, they would not have the money for a fine, and anyway they need that money to train the CEO's direct reports.
How much does the ICO cost us? What a waste of resources. Anyone know if the 8 people got an apology or had their accounts compromised?
Never mind, the EU will fix it all in about 5 years, maybe...
The FSA - fine Zurich £2.3 million - and the ICO - barely a metaphorical slap on the wrist for PCW and Wolverhampton Hospitals. On that basis which is the better watchdog?
The name gives as much away - Financial Services Authority v Information Commissioner's Office - one has actual authority, the other sounds like somewhere you go to get some pens, rulers or TippEx!
"signed a formal undertaking not to be using other people's skips for data deletion in future"
But their own skips are fine, one assumes? In their defence, the wheelie bins where probably full of cats, or something.
Flame icon - because we all know it's the safest way of disposing of anything.