Volume: 4 Issue: 12
(December 2007)
Keywords:
ico
seeks
criminal
penalties
probes
bank
data
breaches
uk
information
commissioners
office
(ico
seeking
criminal
penalties
security
breaches
following
Jurisdictions:
UK
The UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is seeking criminal penalties for security breaches following the loss of personal data on up to 25 million individuals by HM Revenue & Customs, and is investigating the sale of personal financial details of individuals on the internet.