The owner of former solicitors firm ACS Law has been served with a monetary penalty for failing to keep sensitive personal information relating to around 6,000 people secure, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today.
Andrew Jonathan Crossley – as data controller of the former law firm - has been served with a monetary penalty of £1,000.
http://www.ico.gov.uk/~/media/documents/pressreleases/2011/monetary_penalty_acslaw_news_release_20110510.ashx
The ICO said:
"Were it not for the fact that ACS Law has ceased trading so that Mr Crossley now has limited means, a monetary penalty of £200,000 would have been imposed, given the severity of the breach."
Regards
Ibrahim Hasan
Solicitor and Director
Act Now Training Limited
www.actnow.org.uk
www.informationlaw.org.uk
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