[governance] UK Government Will Not Establish Breach Notification Law for Private Sector

[Jeffrey A. Williams]

All,

  Seems that if your a UK citizen and your ID is stolen, you will
be on your own to make that determination as well as finding
out whom were responsible.  I am sure that Gmail ccTLD and
Yahoo spammers will be smiling with great glee at this news!

See:
November 26 & December 1, 2008)
Last week, the UK government announced in a report that it will allow
the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) to impose increased fines
for "deliberate or reckless loss of data," but stopped short of calling
for a law, instead allowing the ICO to establish rules for breach
disclosure.  The "Response to the Data Sharing Review Report" says that
private sector organizations should disclose data breaches "as a matter
of good practice," and that the Information Commissioner's office (ICO)
should consider whether or not such organizations did disclose breaches
when taking enforcement action against the company.  Public sector
organizations are already subject to requirements that they report any
data security incidents to the ICO.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/itmanagement/0,1000000308,39563446,00.htm
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=330437&source=rss_topic17

Regards,

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