Full Disclosure cds
Lost data total nears 30 million records
News September 2008: News emerges that the details of 5,000 prison staff were contained on a drive lost by EDS in 2007.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com wants the... [30 Sep 2008]
Watchdog demands data breach confessions
News The NCC is petitioning the European Union to draft legal powers to compel businesses and banks to inform customers when they lose their personal data.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are... [01 Sep 2008]
"Shambolic" security behind Home Office data breach
News 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 information security breaches in... [27 Aug 2008]
The £500k hunt for missing HMRC discs
News Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and government take data security more seriously. The search for the CDs was wound down in January with an expectation... [18 Jul 2008]
Reports in full: HMRC and MoD data breaches
News The October loss saw two serious breaches of policy, relating to the lack of authorisation for disclosure of the full data and its being sent via untraceable internal mail. These were a management and... [26 Jun 2008]
Editor's Blog: Less data equals more privacy
Comment It's been a while since I've mentioned silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign, which is aimed at improving the way organisations - both private and public sector - look after our data. And that's why our... [26 Jun 2008]
Government racks up 100 data breaches
News Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and government take data security more seriously. The issue of public data loss became a bigger issue with the HMRC's loss of 25... [24 Jun 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... [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 HMRC has discussed 11 data security incidents involving customer information with... [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... [28 Apr 2008]
'Data guardians' keep a watch over HMRC
News Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and government take data security more seriously. More recently, silicon.com won a significant victory in its Full... [29 Feb 2008]
Poll: Execs should be jailed for data loss
News The poll follows on from the HM Revenue & Customs loss in November 2007 of two CDs containing the details of 25 million people and a flurry of reported incidents since.silicon.com's Full... [14 Feb 2008]
Editor's Blog: Another blow to identity fraudsters
Comment Seven months after we launched our Full Disclosure campaign calling for a rethink of legislation in this area, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is now asking that knowingly or recklessly... [06 Feb 2008]
Whose data is it anyway?
Comment This in itself points to one of the possible secondary consequences of the mistakes made at HMRC - a general loss of faith in the potential of IT in the public sector.silicon.com's Full Disclosure... [17 Dec 2007]
Stories of the year
News And this is why silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign launched this year, calling for a rethink of the UK law to force organisations to report breaches of their data security which could put their... [14 Dec 2007]
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