The Government has outlined its plans to jail people convicted of trading illegally in personal data or knowingly or recklessly disclosing it. Under the plans the jail terms would be introduced next April.
The Department of Health wants NHS organisations to publish details of their data quality as part of its plans for Quality Accounts, which will be mandatory for hospitals from next year and for primary care from 2011 reports Fiona Barr (E-health Insider).
The Financial Services Authority imposed the fee after the banking group posted the details insurance policy holders by unrecorded delivery and then lost them.