Employers risk breaching Data Protection Act

Nearly half of IT directors are in breach of the 1998 Data Protection Act (DPA) because they are using live customer data to test their company’s IT systems, according to a report by IT services firm Compuware.

In the survey of over 100 senior IT professionals, 44% said they use actual customer data to test applications. There was even more concern that 48% of the IT directors polled said they were only “vaguely familiar” with the Act.

The DPA forbids the use of personal... (476 more words)

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