Jon Baines raises some interesting points in his discussion of a UK case where charges against police officers for violating the Data Protection Act were dropped in light of questions about whether they had ever been adequately trained to understand their responsibilities.
Jon asks whether that situation should trigger an investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office into the officers’ police department for failure to provide adequate training – which is also a requirement of the Data Protection Act.
You can read Jon’s post on Information Rights and Wrongs.