Telford Company fined for Data Protection Breach

The ICO have released details of a Telford company who have been fined for a breach of Data Protection.

Nobel Design and Build in Priorslee, Telford had failed to register with the Information Commissioner’s Office a criminal offence in the UK for any organisation that processes personally identifiable information.

They also failed to display appropriate information about the use of CCTV under the Data Protection Act despite the ICO writing to them three times to advise them of their responsibilities under the Act.

[bg_collapse view=”button-blue” color=”#ffffff” icon=”eye” expand_text=”More on CCTV & Data Protection” collapse_text=”Show Less” ]CCTV is covered under the Data Protection Act and the GDPR if it is possible to identify individuals on the recorded footage. As with all personally identifiable information, in order to process it you need to establish the lawful bases, be transparent in its use and give sufficient information to individuals to allow them to make an educated decision on the processing of their information.[/bg_collapse]

Telford Magistrates convicted the company and fined them ÂŁ4500 for their breach of the Data Protection Act, and ordered them to pay costs of ÂŁ364 and a victim surcharge of ÂŁ170

“Not registering with the ICO and, in addition to this, not complying an information notice are criminal acts – let it act as a stark warning to other companies who flout the law that we will take robust action.”

Head of Enforcement at the ICO, Steve Eckersley

The offence took place before the new GDPR came into effect and so they were prosecuted under the Data Protection Act 1998

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