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."

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Ibrahim Hasan
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