GUERNSEY authorities will be keeping a close eye on the progress of reform of the EU’s data protection rules.

HOME Department minister Geoff Mahy offered a retired bank manager a four-figure sum in hush money following a complaint against Pubwatch, it has been claimed.

ONLINE PlayStation gamers should monitor their card statements carefully after Sony warned that hackers have gained access to personal data, Guernsey’s Data Protection Commissioner has warned.

PUBWATCH is set to relaunch in time for Easter after almost a year’s suspension to tackle data protection issues.

THE wording is deceptively mild. But the impact of the Data Protection Commissioner’s ruling on the five breaches committed by Guernsey Police is substantial.

GUERNSEY police breached five data protection principles involving one individual, an independent local watchdog has ruled.

GOOGLE Street View has agreed not to capture Wi-Fi data in the Bailiwick when it visits the islands in the next couple of weeks.

DESCRIBING plans for a new centralised citizens’ database as a ‘modern form of rolling census’ is disingenuous, to put it mildly. It’s far more than that.

THE Policy Council has reassured islanders that all data protection issues would be carefully looked at if a proposal for an electronic census is accepted.

A SLIDING scale of fees for access to medical records could be introduced to deal with the increasing cost of providing the service.