Protecting your data online with a Digital Rights Bill
The Liberal Democrats have launched a public consultation on the planned Digital Rights Bill. … Read the full post »
Read my posts featuring the UK’s data protection regulator, the Information Commissioner. They are often referred to as the ICO, the acronym standing for the Information Commissioner’s Office.
The Liberal Democrats have launched a public consultation on the planned Digital Rights Bill. … Read the full post »
Another day, another dodgy automated phone call about insurance, this time from 08437 240 891. … Read the full post »
A dodgy call to steer clear of – but remember to lodge a complaint with the regulator. … Read the full post »
Been rung by 0161 962 4999 (Lepus Marketing Limited / The PPI Team)? Proceed with caution. … Read the full post »
Computing reports: Supposedly private electoral roll information is suspected to have been sold to junk mail companies in a series of leaks from local authorities. The security lapses are thought to be so widespread that as many as one-in-four local authorities may have been involved. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) says that a “software error” … Read the full post »
The very questionable claims made by HYC (Help Your Claim) when calling from 0161 850 5451 point to one conclusion: don’t do business with them. … Read the full post »
Is a call from DS Financial Services on 0161 814 9565 a scam? … Read the full post »
In part 1 I explained why the Interception of Communications Commissioner is a failed regulator and one the Home Office should be fixing, yet your civil servants have been reluctant to do so. … Read the full post »
I doubt that in amongst all the ludicrously large number of issues that pass across the desk of a minister, and a Home Office one no less, you will have noticed a small victory I scored over the Home Office recently. … Read the full post »
I’ve blogged just once or twice or thrice about the many failings of the Interception of Communications Commissioner and his dreadful record. … Read the full post »