Tough data loss rules proposed in Britain
Thursday, November 27th, 2008
The British government is seriously considering implementing tougher data loss rules.
There have been a number of data losses recently in Britain and the government is pretty serious about this. With new technologies being developed it is becoming important to secure the personal data in both the public and private sectors
As per the new rules the information commissioner would be given more powers to enforce the Data Protection Act. It has also been proposed to increase the fines.
All companies, private or public are expected to show some evidence of their compliance with this new law.
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