Judges to Jail Data Traders
DCA Press Release
7 February 2007
For the first time courts will be able to jail people who trade
in - or deliberately misuse - the personal data of others, in a
move to crack down on the illegal trade in personal information
announced by the Department for Constitutional Affairs today.
The decision follows a public consultation on increasing
penalties for deliberate and wilful misuse of personal data and
is part of the Government's strategy on data sharing to deliver
better public services to individuals.