Consultant Handed 5,000 Fine Over Database Breach

[security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>]

http://www.itproportal.com/portal/news/article/2009/7/21/consultant-handed-5000-fine-over-database-breach/

Consultant Handed 5,000 Fine Over Database Breach
21 July, 2009, by Desire Athow

A man behind an illicit database containing details of construction 
workers has been slapped with a fine of 5,000 for infringing the Data 
Protection Act at Knutsford Crown Court and required to pay a further 
1,187.20 in costs.

Last week, Ian Kerr, the founder of The Consultancy Association (TCA) 
which illicitly held and sold confidential information of employees, has 
been found guilty of data breaches and eventually ordered to pay 
considerable fines.

Kerr was sentenced by the Court following an investigation by the 
Information Commissioners Office, which disclosed that he conducted a 
secret operation to vet construction workers for job in the industry.

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