Data Theft in UK Law
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Legislation
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Sentencing Act 2020
... ... is treated by section 137 as resulting from an offence under the Theft Act 1968 or Fraud Act 2006, or ... 154A inserted (06.02.2026) by The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Commencement No. 5) Regulations 2026 (2025 c ... ...
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The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013
... ... paragraph (a) or (b) or which consist of financial records or similar data ... Theft Act 1968, s.10 ... ...
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Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014
... ... of Investigatory Powers Act 2000) to provide communications data (within the meaning of that Chapter) ... ” means an offence under section 1 of the Theft Act 1968 in circumstances where— ... ...
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Policing and Crime Act 2017
... ... a postal or telecommunications operator to provide communications data ... theft; ... ...
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Books & Journal Articles
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The benefits of a cyber-resilience posture on negative public reaction following data theft
Research shows that customers are insufficiently motivated to protect themselves from crimes that may derive from data theft within an organisation. Instead, the burden of security is placed upon t...
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Exploring gender disparities in the prosecution of theft cases: Propensity score matching on data from German court files
This article engages in the discussion about gender disparities in prosecutorial decision-making. Appling propensity score matching after multiple imputation on data drawn from case files, the arti...
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Inequality and Violent Crime: Evidence from Data on Robbery and Violent Theft
This article argues that the link between income inequality and violent property crime might be spurious, complementing a similar argument in prior analysis by the a...
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Employee Theft: A Profile of Staff Dishonesty in the Retail Sector
Data are presented on staff dishonesty in the electrical retail sector deriving from a 1991 survey of 55 Dixons stores in the Dixons Stores Group. Two hundred and seventy seven staff were interview...... ... ABSTRACT Data are presented on staff dishonesty in the electrical retail sector deriving from a 1991 survey of 55 Dixons stores in the Dixons Stores Group. Two ... ...
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Law Firm Commentaries
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Over 73,000 GBP Recouped from Former T-Mobile Employees Following Data Theft
Two former employees of T-Mobile have been ordered by a UK court to pay a total of 73,700 GBP (approx. 120,000 USD) for theft of personal data.
- Data Theft - An Inside Job
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UK Parliament Calls for Prison Sentences for Data Theft
In an October 18, 2011 report, the Justice Committee called for UK courts to be given greater powers to imprison and fine individuals who breach the Data Protection Act, and asked that the governme...
- Pre-Action Disclosure: Another Weapon Against Data Theft
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