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02/09/2008
NCC calls for US style data protection laws |
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The National Consumer Council (NCC) has called for US style data protection laws, the Financial Times reports.
They are asking for the UK's private sector bodies to notify customers if they breach or put personal information at risk.
Commenting on the existing situation, Ann Fielder, policy officer at the NCC said: "Unlike many states in the US, the UK does not have legislation compelling firms to alert their customers after unauthorised access to their personal data."
They said that changes were needed because of the financial and emotional fall-out from identity theft.
'Piracy by Design' is a campaign being run by the Information Commissioner's Office that has been developed to encourage safeguards on all data controllers' systems to prevent data security breaches.
Jonathan Bamford, assistant commissioner at the ICO, has said that companies "could be doing more to protect individuals’ privacy by adopting ‘privacy by design'", at the start of a project.
According to figures calculated by the BBC, the UK government has lost the personal information of up to four million citizens in one year alone. |
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