Dan Worth reports:
Mobile operator Everything Everywhere has criticised changes to UK law as part of the recent European ePrivacy Directive, which will force ISPs and telecoms firms to disclose any data breach incidents.
The changes, which were brought in at the same time as new rules on cookies, will require service providers to inform the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in the event of a data breach.
However, Martin Hoskins, Everything Everywhere’s head of data protection and disclosure, explained at an event hosted by law firm Field Fisher Waterhouse that notification of every breach will prove a tiresome burden for companies and leave the ICO swamped.
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