article_snippet: Data theft, information theft
article_snippet: ‘What these companies appear to be failing to understand is that under the law you have rights over the use of your personal information.
article_snippet: ‘People can get this confidential information and target those who are vulnerable.
article_snippet: The data is being used for one reason when The data was given for another.
article_snippet: Data theft is a big issue.
article_snippet: Information commissioner Christopher Graham said: ‘What these companies appear to be failing to understand is that under the law you have rights over the use of your personal information.
article_snippet: This looks like a very serious breach of the Data Protection Act.
article_snippet: If we establish the Data Protection Act’s criminal activity by individuals, then individuals are in deep trouble.
article_snippet: It seems this theft of our private and personal information is endemic in business today and needs to stop.
article_snippet: That data should not be available.
article_snippet: Others have protested that the Government has a poor record on keeping peoples’ data secure and have criticised the move to opt all patients in to the scheme, without all patients explicit consent.