Day: December 7, 2012

Note: this blog was published 20 hrs before the very sad news of the suicide of the nurse who was the subject of the hoax. A quick blog about the press coverage of the prank call concerning Kate Middleton’s morning sickness. It appears that this has overlooked some interesting data protection aspects relating to criminal offences and monetary penalty notices First is the prank an offence under Section 55 the Data Protection Act? At first sight, the answer is “yes”