Glyn Wintle, 03 September 2009
The Information Commissioner's Office said today it had been "badly let down" by parliament, the courts and newspapers in its attempt to stop the "flourishing" trade in illegally obtained confidential personal information.Source: The GuardianThe information commissioner, Christopher Graham, who took over the role at the end of June, claimed that custodial sentences could end the practice "at a stroke".
He said the office had tried to "sound the alarm" about the scale of the problem. "We were let down by the courts, who didn't seem to be interested in levying even the pathetic fines they had at their disposal; we were rather let down by parliament in the end, with no legislation; and we were let down by the newspaper groups, which didn't take it seriously," he said.
