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Comment Well, ideally we’d like a change in the UK law, so it is in line with what now happens in California every time an e-tailer’s database is cracked or an insurance company employee leaves her laptop in a cab with a list of a million policy holders... [19 Jul 2007]
Full Disclosure - silicon.com launches data breaches campaign
Comment A number of high-profile data breaches have eroded public faith in the ability of organisations to protect sensitive personal information and only a change in the law to force companies to come clean about data breaches will restore it.silicon.com... [16 Jul 2007]
Are you breaking the wi-fi law?
News Dishonestly using an electronics communications service with the intent to avoid paying is breaking the law - and it's something police are increasingly taking seriously. Think before logging onto your neighbour's wi-fi network for some free... [18 Apr 2007]
Crime pays - and pays very well in cyberspace
Comment It's been five years since the first e-Crime Congress and this month leading figures from government, business, finance and law-enforcement will assemble in London once again, to explore, discuss - and hopefully - suggest some solutions to deal... [07 Mar 2007]
UK retailers fail disability web access test
News The study of the top 30 retail websites found that not one homepage achieves single-A compliance, which is the minimum requirement by law for making websites more accessible for disabled people in accordance with the globally recognised Web... [21 Sep 2006]
Terrorism must not mean privacy breaches, says EU data guru
News The EDPS has regularly accused lawmakers of not taking data protection seriously enough. The EU's data protection head has hit out at claims that privacy advocates are blocking governments' attempts to pass so-called anti-terror legislation. [20 Sep 2006]
Security breach strikes student loan site
News But the Data Accountability and Trust Act, which still requires approval from Congress before becoming law, would not have the same requirements for federal agencies. We take information security very seriously. [25 Aug 2006]
DVLA nets £6m from sale of motorist details
News One of the issues is that "reasonable cause" is not defined in the law but a DVLA spokesman said it takes its duty under the Data Protection Act to protect the privacy of motorists "very seriously" and said each request is considered on merit. [14 Jun 2006]
CMA amendment "pure idiocy", says peer
News A proposed UK law has been heavily criticised by a Tory peer and a senior security expert, who say it could criminalise both the police and innocent IT professionals who build or make available programs which are then used for hacking. [26 May 2006]
CIO Jury: IT bosses check out BlackBerry rivals
News Peter Birley, IT director at law firm Browne Jacobson, said he believes RIM's legal dispute will be resolved without the BlackBerry service being threatened or disrupted. Paul Haley, head of IS operations at the British Library, said: "Once that is... [23 Feb 2006]
Security professionals back tougher laws for hackers
News Soeren Bech, from email security company Tumbleweed, said given that denial of service attacks can potentially cost companies millions of pounds "it's worrying that until now the law hasn't offered British companies protection". [26 Jan 2006]
Sober alert over Paris Hilton 'attachment'
News A third, a German-language variant, contained a threatening message from a German law enforcement agency. The agency said in its statement: "The FBI takes this matter seriously and is investigating. A new variant of the Sober worm made the network... [23 Nov 2005]
Watchdog readies crackdown on data cheats
News The watchdog will spring into action where the company involved has either already been warned or must know that it is breaking the law. Deliberate, wilful or cavalier conduct", or the need to set an example or clarify the law, will also spur it... [22 Nov 2005]
Q&A: Kevin Mitnick, former hacker
Comment Mitnick spends much of his time on the road at speaking engagements.silicon.com sister site, CNET News.com, caught up with Mitnick after a gig at a San Francisco user event for SupportSoft, a maker of call centre software, and talked to him about... [07 Nov 2005]
Organised crime
AS Profile The degree to which criminal activity has raised the bar in terms of risk means governments and international law enforcement bodies are taking it very seriously. If you think hackers are spotty kids sitting in their mums' basements, think again. [23 Sep 2005]
