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A newsagent who operates CCTV on business premises, Kavitha Karthikesu has been prosecuted at Coventry Magistrates’ Court. Ms Karthikesu, a sole trader, pleaded guilty to the offence under section 17...

An investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found that a Greater Manchester firm broke the law around how organisations can use people’s details when sending marketing texts. LAD Media,...

Rebecca Gray has been prosecuted at Warrington Magistrates’ Court for the offence of unlawfully obtaining data.  The defendant, who at the time worked at a recruitment agency based in Widnes,...

A Bognor Regis firm broke the law because it called people registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS). IT Protect Ltd has been fined £40,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office...

The ICO has fined Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance PLC £150,000 following the loss of the personal information of nearly 60,000 customers....

Following a prosecution by the ICO, Andrew Minty, Jamie Leong and Michelle Craddock pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to commit section 55 Data Protection Act offences before Winchester Crown Court. The...

Wainwrights Estate Agents Ltd has been prosecuted at Ipswich Magistrates’ Court for failing to comply with a third party Information Notice. The company, whom the Commissioner received a complaint from...

British Heart Foundation secretly screened millions of their donors so they could target them for more money, a comprehensive ICO investigation has found.  ...

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) secretly screened millions of their donors so they could target them for more money, a comprehensive ICO investigation has...

A follow up has been completed to provide an assurance that Wiltshire Police has appropriately addressed the actions agreed in its undertaking signed March 2016....

A former agency admin worker of Tees Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust, Keketso Monnapula, has been prosecuted at Harrogate Magistrates’ Court for accessing the sensitive medical records of...

Two companies responsible for millions of spam texts offering easy access to loans have been fined by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). Separate ICO investigations into Dorset-based Silver City Tech Ltd...