data protection principles
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. SOURCE "The Data Protection Act: The Data Protection Principles," h...
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Since the beginning of time, precious information has been stored in a variety of mediums--stone tablets, parchment scrolls, ...
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In this issue of our regular data protection and privacy updates we highlight some recent developments in individual member states around Europe.
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THE MAIN data protection law in Australia in relation to privacy is the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). It has been amended by the Privacy Amendment (Private ...
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In a step toward resolving conflicts between Sarbanes-Oxley-mandated whistleblower hotlines and EU data protection laws, The Article 29 Working Party of the European Commission issued guidelines for reconciling the requirements across operations in the US and Europe. The guidelines emphasize the need for US companies operating in Europe to adhere to EU data protection principles when setting up these whistleblower schemes.
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The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) powers of enforcement in relation to serious breaches of one of the eight principles in the Data Protection Act (DPA) 1998, including data security breaches, have just been strengthened. Furthermore, the ICO can also now fine individuals (e.g. directors) as well as the organizations themselves. Previously, the ICO could only issue enforcement notices against organizations in breach of the DPA or send a case to court. A case of failure to comply with binding undertakings would be a breach of contract which could lead to action being taken. In addition, it is a criminal offence under the DPA to knowingly or recklessly obtain, disclose or procure the disclosure of personal information, or to sell (or offer to sell) it. Remember, people expect the...
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.... Data Protection Principles . The principles in the draft Regulation broadly c...
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A powerful example of this is the release of publicly available information about Justice Scalia by Fordham law students.15 The new landscape of information accessibility and flow calls into question whether the common good requires new principles, controls, and regulation.16 Most of the debate and writing that addresses the conflict between privacy and public records has centered on the issue of court records17 and the issue of community notification laws for sex offenders, also called Megan's Laws.18 Dan Solove notes that courts can seal court records if the importance of confidentiality in a particular context outweighs the need for public access;19 a trial court can permit a plaintiff to proceed with the use of a pseudonym;20 and courts can permit anonymous juries.21 However, mo...
... licenses, parking tickets, sex offender databases, court records, and campaign disclosure are all go... the networked world, those built-in protections are removed and there is little or no obscurity. R...
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... And has your company undertaken a data protection and data security audit that would ensure precauti... is complying with data protection principles. McGuireWoods Global Data Security Team. Couns...
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... organisations should view breaches of data protection principles as they do illness - prevent...