Day: June 5, 2013

I have drawn the conclusion that the Government will not commence the custodial nature of Section 55 offence in the Data Protection Act this side of the General Election (and within the next few years). The reason is familiar: fear of upsetting the press. I also think that the ICO needs to adopt another strategy to deal with the problem of not having the custodial element available; for instance, by passing over suitable cases to the public prosecutors and/or using