# Data Protection

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/05/21/data-protection-798/
- Published: 2009-05-21T16:08:37+01:00
- Author: Finbar Cullen

The May 2009 edition of the Information Commissioner’s (ICO) e-newsletter has just
arrived, and as usual, includes a few interesting snippets.

 

The Consulting Association was closed down and informed that the ICO would prosecute
them for not having an entry on the data protection register. The Consulting Association
was in the news recently for developing a database containing details on over 3,000
construction workers which was used by over 40 construction companies to vet individuals
for employment. The information included sensitive personal information on construction
workers’ personal relationships, trade union activity, etc.

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A number of Primary Care Trusts and NHS Trusts have been investigated, often for
the loss of laptops, and a number of businesses were fined for not being registered,
including three firms of solicitors!

 

Make sure that you are registered, check out the guidelines (ICO, Institute of Fundraising,
and Researchers in Fundraising), and be careful with those laptops and memory sticks.

 

Finbar Cullen

Research**Plus**

 

www.ico.gov.uk

 

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