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09:52:36 on Thu, 14 Jul 2011, "Baines, Jonathan" 
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>Even if it was not blagged the act of publishing the information is 
>likely to have been in breach of the first principle. A section 32(1) 
>defence would probably fail because the publishing was almost certainly 
>in breach of the PCC code.

Spammers also break data protection principles on a regular basis. 
What's lacking seems to be any useful enforcement or punishment. As with 
the phone hacking/bagging it seems more likely that specific other 
offences are looked at rather than these generic principles.

R.

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>In message <[log in to unmask]>, at 10:22:18 on Tue, 12 Jul 
>2011, KPG Professional Services <[log in to unmask]> writes
>>I sincerely hope the ICO tracks down the blagger and hits him/her as
>>hard as he can, although £5k in the realm of their income is nothing
>>really.......
>
>It's now claimed the [cystic fibrosis] information was leaked by a 
>fellow sufferer, and not blagged at all; although you could imagine it 
>being the sort of lead that a blagger might try to confirm.
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