ICO fines T-Mobile workers for data theft
13 June 2011 - 3:48pm
Two ex-T-Mobile staff have to pay £73,700 in fines and confiscation orders after being found guilty of breaking the Data Protection Act.
David Turley and Darren Hames were identifying customers whose mobile contracts were about to end. These contact details were then sold onto sales companies flogging new contracts.
They pleaded guilty last year to breaking section 55 of the DPA.
Interesting that the Information Commissioner's Office is capable of handing down fines when individuals abuse peoples privacy, but not when it is large corporations...