data breach
RSS data breachUS outraged at 'onerous' European privacy laws
News The EU legislation would make a multinational web company with a UK presence but servers in the US immediately in breach of the law because it would have to transmit customer data. The news is the latest... [09 Mar 2001]
Bewildered IT directors struggle with email laws
News Everyone is in agreement that companies need their own policy, as this is the only thing that will give them any legal standing when there is a breach of conduct. Differences between the Data Protection... [08 Mar 2001]
VeriSign angers privacy groups with data sale
News VeriSign, the oldest and largest seller of internet domain names said it has been selling customer data for more than a year. However, the company said it only releases corporate customer information from its modified... [20 Feb 2001]
Kournikova filters could be illegal
News The Bill enshrines the conditions under which a third party can interfere with private communications data. Checking email subject lines for malicious code is standard for many ISPs, but according to Steve Rawlinson,... [15 Feb 2001]
Gates among victims of data hack
News Therefore, despite the fact that cyber-space is probably unfamiliar with the notion of national stereotypes, a security breach of any kind is an affront to the nation's integrity. Previously sections of the... [05 Feb 2001]
Your data in their hands - DoH!
Comment To be fair, the government flatly denies patient data will ever be sold, shared between departments, or that the proposed regulations breach current law. Only this time what's at issue is confidential... [25 Jan 2001]
'Scandalous' Health Bill will trash privacy
News Legal experts say the Bill is so poorly worded that even if it isn't the government's intention to breach the Data Protection Act, it creates a loophole which makes breaches defensible. Healthcare... [25 Jan 2001]
Toysrus.com boosted by $124m Christmas sales
News The news will come as a welcome relief for the retailer, which has been the subject of an investigation into a breach of customer data privacy in New Jersey, USA. The figure represents a 218 per cent... [05 Jan 2001]
Amazon case triggers data protection confusion
News After that I'd think you might be in breach of the DPA. Privacy groups have accused Amazon.co.uk of breaking the DPA by transferring customer data to the US, where protection rules are less stringent. [15 Dec 2000]
UK cybercrime crackdown in breach of human rights
News Perri 6, senior research fellow at Strathclyde University explained that the law's article on the right to private life only permitted data monitoring if police believed a defined category of people were involved in... [08 Dec 2000]
BT's bond, AOL's blunder and Blair's web baby...
News Not to worry, though, as the breach is a "unique, sophisticated process" to which AOL is responding on an 'ad hoc basis', while installing a fix. The 'leading internet company', for which "security is obviously a... [05 Dec 2000]
Legal threat looms over data careless UK plc
News If a company has exposed personal details over the internet or been subjected to a security breach, such as a hack, the owners of that data may file for a criminal charge. The Data... [24 Nov 2000]
US election: Legal threat to websites for leaking exit poll data
News The Voter News Service - the consortium representing the news networks - claims this could be in breach of copyright law and is thought to be considering legal action. But at least two sites, including inside.com and the... [08 Nov 2000]
SMEs fear viruses not hackers
News The survey revealed that 12 per cent of companies have suffered a security breach in the last year. They should be thinking about the security of their data because they have a legal obligation under the... [07 Nov 2000]
Top adviser calls for data protection overhaul
News When consumers see the DPC taking no action when companies breach the Data Protection Act, they will not be inclined to provide that data. Sommer's comments come only a week after the... [23 Oct 2000]
