Wrong, the DPA2018/GDPR allow the ICO to impose Monetary Penalty Notices up to 4% of turnover depending on the incident concerned hence the £20m MPN imposed on British Airways that went nowhere near the Courts
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Law firm 'didn't think' data theft was a breach, says ICO. Now it's nursing a £60K fine
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Re: Response, or meaningful response?
Perhaps if you knew the law you would realise they couldn't fine BA £190m in the end.
MPNs (they aren't fines and this is an important distinction to make) are based on turnover at the point the MPN is issued.
As the arse had fallen out of the Aviation industry due to the pandemic by the time the MPN was issued the fine was reduced as BA's turnover was significantly reduced.
By all means criticise the ICO as the current incumbent is a charlatan who is more interested in soundbites than actual meaningful action, but at least criticise them for something they have done wrong rather than doing what the law allows them to do.
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Employee sues Apple over 'spying' claims tied to mandatory devices
I am struggling to see what the issue is in relation to Apple requiring employees use their tech when working... I would assume Dell Staff use Dell PCs/Laptops and HP Staff would use HP devices and it seems a fairly obvious thing to do/expect (with certain caveats i.e. iDevice cannot do a certain thing so another device is required to fulfil that task)
The access to personal devices is an overstretch mind unless they suspect said employee is doing something shonky using their own device
Hardware barn denies that .004 seconds of facial recognition violated privacy
Re: Alexa, please explain...
Au contraire. In the UK there may be the expectation that you will be caught on CCTV but the use of FRT without notification is a clear case of unauthorised processing, particularly by a private entity, and so whether it takes 0.004 of a second or 4000 seconds to process the image its still unlawful.
Also for the purposes of DP law the data is still 'collected' even if the whole lifecycle of the process from collection to disposal is a fraction of a second.
Of course the easiest solution is proper signage but why would a multi million/billion AUS$ business bother with that as it will cost them to put the signs up and eat into their profit.
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Re: "losing entire holidays"
Actually under GDPR as the 'home' authority for Ryanair the Irish DPA is the one responsible for all regulatory issues across the EU so the other national authorities will defer to them.
It would operate the same with an Irish customer of Air France making a DP complaint - any regulatory action would be dealt with by the CNIL, the French DPA.
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Re: Questionable position
I call bull poo on this if it is UK based as any FOI officer worth their salt knows that's likely to be a breach of s46 of FOI and the Records Management expectations. The ICO has issued penalties for poor records management.
IF this is true then its obvious why they are an ex-FOI Officer
Re: Pick one
Or as someone who has made breach notifications to the ICO more likely they have a suspicion personal data has been compromised but there is nothing to confirm one way or the other and so they are erring on the side of caution and made their notification to the ICO on the basis it was with further details to follow in order to ensure they met the statutory 72 hr reporting requirement.
I have done that but then we have subsequently been able to go back to the ICO with further information etc demonstrating that personal data wasn't compromised and so that was the end of it.
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Was there no one at Microsoft who looked at Recall and said: This really, really sucks
Giving Windows total recall of everything a user does is a privacy minefield
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We never agreed to only buy HP ink, say printer owners
Shiz like this was why when our old HP printer died 2 or 3 years back we went with a Canon one (from Aldi's 'Aisles of Wonder' one Saturday morning).
Its still not keen on 3rd party cartridges but works eventually.
Also Canon don't force as much bloatware on you when setting stuff up as HP do and it works far better wirelessly with our phones and tablets than the HP one ever did
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UK PM promises faster justice for Post Office Horizon victims
While the Post Office are clearly at fault I find it interesting that Fujitsu seem to be getting pretty much a free pass for the absolute trash they designed and provided.
Yes I know the system is only as good as the spec and what was requested etc etc but its inconceivable that Fujitsu didn't know the system was an absolute car crash and didn't work as intended.
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Manchester's finest drowning in paperwork as Freedom of Information requests pile up
As they are asking for a comment/opinion it wouldn't be a valid FOI request anyway - it has to be for recorded information.
In my experience (FOI/DP is my day job) the Information Governance Team probably have responses they want to send but senior managers are basically being obstructive and wanting a different response so they are arguing the toss and delaying stuff.
Also they probably don't think it should be disclosed therefore aren't even looking for the information.
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Re: Shall we go back in History
The United States has done more to uplift the human condition than any other nation on the face of the planet.... hmmm has it though? Has it really?
The printing press, the industrial revolution, sanitation systems, gunpowder, the computer, the jet engine... All invented/developed outside of the US and all have done way more to facilitate human development.
America and folk like you Dostoevsky (nice European name there) need to realise is that human development has been happening for many hundreds of years, not just since 1776