UK: MoJ consults on 500k data breach fines

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39875322,00.htm

On Monday, the Ministry of Justice launched a consultation over levels of 
monetary penalties for breaches of the Data Protection Act. In a press 
statement, justice minister Michael Wills said the powers of the body that 
enforces the act, the Information Commissioner's Office, needed to be 
strengthened.

'The government is committed to ensuring that personal data is handled and 
processed responsibly and lawfully," said Wills. "We want to ensure that 
the Information Commissioner's Office has the powers it needs and is able 
to impose robust penalties on those who commit serious breaches of data 
protection principles."

The consultation asks just one question: "Do you consider that a penalty 
of up to 500,000 (pounds) provides the ICO with a proportionate sanction 
for serious contraventions of the data protection principles?"

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