If an FSA regulated firm breaches DPA regs then I very much doubt the ICO will ever get involved Why would they waste their limited resources and fine them a maximum of £500K when the FSA can hit them with a bigger stick? James Walkom Regulatory Consultant Jelf Group plc Tel: 0117 315 6575 From: This list is for those interested in Data Protection issues [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dunster, Jon Sent: 24 August 2010 16:28 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [data-protection] Data loss fine Interestingly it was the FSA that fined them - presumably under FSA regs? Could a similar fine have been issued by the ICO under DPA? Cheers Jon From: This list is for those interested in Data Protection issues [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nic Drew (Cardiff and Vale UHB - IT Security) Sent: 24 August 2010 11:16 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [data-protection] Data loss fine This is the sort of teeth that ICO needs!! Zurich Insurance fined £2.3m over data loss http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11070217 Nic Drew DPO Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board ________________________________ All archives of messages are stored permanently and are available to the world wide web community at large at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/data-protection.html Selected commands (the command has been filled in below in the body of the email if you are receiving emails in HTML format): * Leaving this list: send leave data-protection to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]&BODY=LEAVE%20data-protection> * Suspending emails from all JISCMail lists: send SET * NOMAIL to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]&BODY=SET%20*%20NOMAIL> * To receive emails from this list in text format: send SET data-protection NOHTML to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]&BODY=SET%20data-protection%20NOHTML> * To receive emails from this list in HTML format: send SET data-protection HTML to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]&BODY=SET%20data-protection%20HTML> All user commands can be found at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/commandref.htm and are sent in the body of an otherwise blank email to [log in to unmask] Any queries about sending or receiving messages please send to the list owner [log in to unmask] (Please send all commands to [log in to unmask] not the list or the moderators, and all requests for technical help to [log in to unmask], the general office helpline) ________________________________ ________________________________ All archives of messages are stored permanently and are available to the world wide web community at large at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/data-protection.html Selected commands (the command has been filled in below in the body of the email if you are receiving emails in HTML format): * Leaving this list: send leave data-protection to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]&BODY=LEAVE%20data-protection> * Suspending emails from all JISCMail lists: send SET * NOMAIL to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]&BODY=SET%20*%20NOMAIL> * To receive emails from this list in text format: send SET data-protection NOHTML to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]&BODY=SET%20data-protection%20NOHTML> * To receive emails from this list in HTML format: send SET data-protection HTML to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]&BODY=SET%20data-protection%20HTML> All user commands can be found at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/commandref.htm and are sent in the body of an otherwise blank email to [log in to unmask] Any queries about sending or receiving messages please send to the list owner [log in to unmask] (Please send all commands to [log in to unmask] not the list or the moderators, and all requests for technical help to [log in to unmask], the general office helpline) ________________________________ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ All archives of messages are stored permanently and are available to the world wide web community at large at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/data-protection.html If you wish to leave this list please send the command leave data-protection to [log in to unmask] All user commands can be found at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/commandref.htm Any queries about sending or receiving messages please send to the list owner [log in to unmask] Full help Desk - please email [log in to unmask] describing your needs To receive these emails in HTML format send the command: SET data-protection HTML to [log in to unmask] (all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^