Organisations are learning the hard way what the consequences of handling personal information are, the Information Commissioner warned at the launch of the ICO’s 2011/12 Annual Report on 5 July. The Commissioner’s comments came as the ICO imposed a civil monetary penalty (CMP) of £150,000 on the consumer lender Welcome Financial Services Limited (WFSL), after … Continue reading ICO ‘bares its teeth’ as organisations learn the hard way