Legal Technologies News

Govt urged to be more proactive with internet providers for data protection

Category: Legal Technologies

5 April, 2013

The government should play a more proactive role with internet and cloud providers, one specialist believes. Julie Anderson, managing director of Civitas Group, told Public Service Europe that regulatory bodies should aim to focus on promoting vendor transparency. "This principle is all ... read more>>

Police chasing phone hackers in Northern Ireland

Category: Legal Technologies

4 April, 2013

Police are chasing criminals in Northern Ireland who cost businesses thousands of pounds after incidents of phone hacking. Telephone lines were broken into from a remote location to break regulatory compliance and make thousands of international and premium rate calls, with both the service in... read more>>

Hackers expose finances of Angelina Jolie and Lady Gaga

Category: Electronic Disclosure

3 April, 2013

Angelina Jolie and Lady Gaga are the two latest celebrities who have been affected by hackers carrying out theft of data . According to TMZ, the criminals also hit other A-listers, including Wayne LaPierre, Dennis Rodman, Michael Vick and Robert De Niro, with the hackers posting what they claim... read more>>

Penalised cold calling firm blames software

Category: Mobile Phone Investigations

27 March, 2013

The owner of a Scottish kitchen company that received the UK's first-ever financial penalty for unauthorised cold calling has partly apportioned the blame to inadequate software. Last week, the Information Commissioner's Office fined DM Design £90,000 for breaching regulatory compl... read more>>

Phone hacking Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh accepts ‘substantial’ damages from The Sun

Category: Mobile Phone Investigations

22 March, 2013

Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh has accepted a public apology from The Sun newspaper as well as “very substantial” damages over the phone hacking scandal. The politician’s private mobile phone was stolen from her car in south west London in October 2010. In June last year she ... read more>>

ICO issues £90k penalty to DM Design after marketing calls

Category: Legal Technologies

21 March, 2013

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has served a £90,000 financial penalty to DM Design in Glasgow. The company has been subjected to almost 2,000 complaints from the ICO and the Telephone Preference Service after consistently failing to check whether individuals had decided ... read more>>

Chris Eubank takes on Rupert Murdoch after phone hacking

Category: Mobile Phone Investigations

19 March, 2013

Chris Eubank is used to taking on people in the ring, but he is now set to challenge Rupert Murdoch in court after discovering his phone was hacked. The ex-boxer has been told that his phone's voicemail messages were intercepted by a private detective who was working for Murdoch's now-... read more>>

Could 800 new phone hacking cases be revealed?

Category: Mobile Phone Investigations

18 March, 2013

Over 800 potential new victims of phone hacking have been identified after police gained new evidence, it has been reported. The Independent has revealed that officers believe they have found evidence of a widespread conspiracy based on the News of the World features desk, which suggests that ph... read more>>

Four Mirror Group journalists arrested over phone hacking

Category: Mobile Phone Investigations

15 March, 2013

Four journalists who have worked at the Mirror Group have been arrested on suspicion of phone hacking. The inquiry focuses on the Sunday Mirror between 2003 and 2004, with the four employees including ex-Sunday Mirror editor Tina Weaver and current People editor James Scott. The Metropolitan ... read more>>

Former Southampton receptionist faces prosecution from ICO

Category: Legal Technologies

14 March, 2013

A former receptionist from Southampton has been prosecuted by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) after illegally collecting sensitive medical information. Marcia Phillips was prosecuted under section 55 of the Data Protection Act and fined £750 and ordered to pay a £15 v... read more>>