“In April 2019, the ICO fined Bounty UK Ltd £400,000 for a breach of the first data protection principle under the DPA 1998, in circumstances where it operated a data broking service alongside pregnancy and parenting support services, but failed transparently and fairly to make clear to data subjects that it would share their data. One of the ways in which Bounty got access to data subjects, was under contracts with NHS Trusts, giving them access to new mothers. One such contract was with Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust …” (more)
[Christopher Knight, Panopticon, 14 April]
First posted 2022-04-15 09:00:06
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