Employment agency staff don the wellies and do a bit of farming
Employment agency staff are opting to farm personal information from online sources like LinkedIn in an effort to promote their clients. More

Cathedral Recruitment fails to identify source
Employment agency targets me with electronic marketing but can only guess at how they obtained my personal e-mail address. More

The ICO appears to be losing it!
The ICO's shock response to the question of whether an organisation can cancel a customer's account to avoid complying with their data protection rights. More

Our way or the highway - the ICO deliberates
The the ICO's Internal Compliance Department is currently deliberating on whether an organisation can cancel a data subject's account just because they do not wish to comply with the rights afforded the data subject by the DPA98. More

Tesco threatens to cancel Clubcard account
Tesco is the latest company to threaten to cancel my account simply because they do not wish to comply with my data protection rights, but changed their minds in the end. More

Monster removes advertising from account pages
In response to an assessment by the Information Commissioner's Office, Monster has now removed all adverting from my account pages. More

Our way or the highway
Revealed: some of the organisations that would rather cancel our accounts than comply with our data protection rights. More

Monster likely to be selling personal data to criminals
Is it so unreasonable to expect Monster to insist that employment agencies provide them with a data controller registration number? More

House of Fraser fails to comply with Section 11 notice.
John King - Chairman of House of Fraser apologies for failing to comply with my Section 11 notice. More

Which? fails to obtain consent
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) concluded that the 'consumer champion' failed to obtain my consent to send me electronic marketing. More

Comparethemarket fails to comply with Data Protection Act 1998
A legal representative from www.bglgroup.co.uk owners of www.comparethemarket.com formally apologies to me for failing to comply with my Section 11 notice. More

The National Lottery play by the rules
After referring the matter to their legal team, following my assurance that I would seek a court injunction if they failed to comply, The National Lottery agreed to remove all advertising banners from my account area of their website. More