UK Ministry of Justice in hot water over GDPR law
The UK’s data watchdog has issued the Ministry of Justice with an Enforcement Order after the government department broke data protection laws by failing to process thousands of subject access requests (SARs) without undue delay.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said it was made aware of the backlog by the MoJ. As the ICO said in its Enforcement Notice, “the substantial number of subject access requests which remain outstanding and which are out of time for compliance is a cause of significant concern for the Commissioner.”
“These concerns demonstrate that the controller is currently failing to adhere to its obligations in respect of the information rights of the data subjects for whom it processes data. Previous meetings and correspondence between the controller and Commissioner have proven largely ineffective in reducing the number of outstanding subject access requests.”
Source: UK Ministry of Justice in hot water over GDPR law • The Register
