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RSS full disclosureGovernment racks up 100 data breaches
News Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and government take data security more seriously. Whitehall has suffered a further 30 data breaches since it lost 25 million people's details last November. [24 Jun 2008]
Cotton Traders' site hacked: Thousands of details stolen
News Security groups say the attack highlights the need for laws governing companies' response to breaches, as called for by silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign. Hackers breached the company website in January and stole encrypted customer details. [11 Jun 2008]
Admit to security breaches, companies told
News Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and government take data security more seriously. Read more here.silicon.com has been calling for such laws under its Full Disclosure campaign, which has already seen significant... [27 May 2008]
Critics attack gov't email, phone database plan
News Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and government take data security more seriously. Full details of the draft Communications Data Bill will be released later this year. [20 May 2008]
UK companies: Leaking like a sieve?
News Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and government take data security more seriously. Most UK companies are losing data every month a survey has found. The majority of UK businesses, 79 per cent, are losing data at... [12 May 2008]
Outlawed: Reckless loss of data
News It marks a major milestone in silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign calling for legislation to make companies or authorities that lose personal data accountable.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com wants the... [12 May 2008]
600 HMRC workers caught snooping
News Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and government take data security more seriously. The government faced condemnation after it emerged that 600 staff at Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) have been disciplined... [01 May 2008]
House of Lords backs data loss law change
News Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and government take data security more seriously. The move towards outlawing the reckless loss of data follows silicon.com's campaign for full disclosure. [28 Apr 2008]
FSA warns banks to wise up on security
News Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and government take data security more seriously. The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has warned the banking industry to shape up their attitudes to securing sensitive data and... [25 Apr 2008]
Video Cheat Sheet: Data Breaches
Video Plus, discover what steps the government and privacy watchdogs are taking to prevent any more embarrassing leaks such as HM Revenue & Customs losing computer discs with the details of 25 million people on them back in November.silicon.com... [25 Apr 2008]
UK hit by 100 data breaches in six months
News The public sector accounted for 62 breaches and the private sector for 28.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com wants the government to review its data protection legislation and improve the reporting of... [22 Apr 2008]
HSBC loses 370,000 customers' details
News Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and government take data security more seriously. HSBC faces possible investigation by the UK's financial watchdog after admitting losing a CD containing the details of 370,000... [07 Apr 2008]
Whitehall laptop ban hits driving agency performance
News Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and government take data security more seriously. The government ban on the movement of encrypted data triggered a performance slump at the UK's driving safety agency and forced it... [04 Apr 2008]
ICO: Data theft laws must not be axed
News Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and government take data security more seriously. The UK's information watchdog has issued a stark warning to the government not to water down laws which could jail people selling... [01 Apr 2008]
More than 1,000 gov't laptops lost since 2001
News Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and government take data security more seriously. Government departments have misplaced more than 1,000 laptops and almost 500 mobile phones - either lost or stolen - since 2001. [01 Apr 2008]
