Our proud champions in Wilmslow have spent the last year limbering up and have started to levy fines that are calculated to impress even the Spanish Data Protection regulator.
Where will it end?
I’m not quite sure.
They ought to encourage a great deal more compliance. Fear matters.
And many more data controllers will be adding the ICO's David Smith to their Christmas card list, I guess.
But, if I had my way, in addition to monetary penalties, Chief Executives of organisations found to have shoddy data protection practices should be required, as well as washing all the cars in the ICO’s car park, to write out the following ditty 100 times:
From the dongles I’ve tossed in the can, from the servers
in Japan
From me mam to my gran, ev'ry woman, ev'ry man
OMG
I despair
Data keeps escaping everywhere
So hit me your fining stick, hit me, hit me
Je t'adore, ich liebe dich, hit me, hit me, hit me
Hit me with your fining stick
Hit me slowly, hit me quick
Hit me, hit me, hit me
Take our money if you must
Remember we’re a charitable trust
Show the world that you're no phoney
But don’t fine us as much as you’ve fined Sony
From me mam to my gran, ev'ry woman, ev'ry man
OMG
I despair
Data keeps escaping everywhere
So hit me your fining stick, hit me, hit me
Je t'adore, ich liebe dich, hit me, hit me, hit me
Hit me with your fining stick
Hit me slowly, hit me quick
Hit me, hit me, hit me
Take our money if you must
Remember we’re a charitable trust
Show the world that you're no phoney
But don’t fine us as much as you’ve fined Sony
Source:
http://www.ico.gov.uk/news/latest_news/2013/ico-news-release-2013.aspx
Image credit:
http://www.noumic.com/stick.jpg
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