Information Commissioner: your data is worth £2.50

The Information Commissioner’s Office has started dishing out fines for those businesses with insufficient security in place that results in a deliberate or negligent breach of personal data. Shame on them though for it taking so long; the power to impose fines of up to £500,000 came into effect on April 6th 2010. Shame on them, as well, for placing such a low value on our personal data.