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Are banks going soft on e-crime?
News In its follow up report, the committee also urges the government to make it easier for victims of electronic fraud to get compensation, put funding in place for a central e-crime policing unit and create a data security breach notification law to... [08 Jul 2008]
Cotton Traders' site hacked: Thousands of details stolen
News The company claims it notified its customers within days of it happening, flagged up the breach with banks immediately and closed the hole within hours of the attack. Data breach notification legislation would be an important step to increase... [11 Jun 2008]
UK hit by 100 data breaches in six months
News Organisations continue to lose sensitive personal data - despite high profile cases such as the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) data breach, and the Information Commissioner Office (ICO) has warned chief executives to protect staff and customers... [22 Apr 2008]
Editor's Blog: Lords above!
Comment I fear that few chief executives realise the capacity of a data breach to hole their business below the waterline. My fear is that it took a big data breach to bring this issue to the public consciousness. [27 Feb 2008]
Revealed: The full cost of a corporate data breach
News Costs for financial services firms were higher, which the report said reflected that customers of these organisations have high expectations of trust and privacy - so banks have more to lose from a data breach.silicon.com's Full Disclosure... [25 Feb 2008]
Lords take fresh look at data security
News The government has failed to address important concerns about security on the internet - including ignoring calls for a data breach notification law - leading a House of Lords committee to look at the issue again. [22 Feb 2008]
MoD admits to more laptop thefts
News We are calling for greater public debate and for the government to consider legislation that would require organisations that suffer information security breaches to alert their customers if there is a chance the breach has put individuals... [22 Jan 2008]
Stolen MoD laptop contains 600,000 records
News A Ministry of Defence (MoD) laptop containing personal data about 600,000 people has been stolen in the latest security breach to hit the government.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com wants the government... [21 Jan 2008]
HMRC data breach prompts password and PIN changes
News Sandra Quinn, Apacs director of communications, said the survey indicates banks' customers haven't panicked and the majority are following the advice issued. It emerged last week that HMRC has lost two password-protected CDs containing records of... [29 Nov 2007]
HMRC's missing discs: Just a warning shot
Comment We are calling for greater public debate and for the government to consider legislation that would require organisations that suffer information security breaches to alert their customers if there is a chance the breach has put individuals... [27 Nov 2007]
Are UK data laws fit for purpose?
News In what is now emerging as the UK's biggest ever data security breach HMRC admitted this week that two CDs containing names, dates of birth, addresses, National Insurance numbers and bank account details of 25 million child benefit recipients have... [23 Nov 2007]
Security experts slam HMRC over data loss
News It is likely banks will suffer as a result of the breach, according to Gartner analyst Aviva Litan, as they are forced to go into emergency response mode. Armstrong predicted a likely outcome of this week's revelations will be a rash of phishing... [22 Nov 2007]
Missing: 25 million child benefit records
News In a statement to Parliament, Darling said the delay in notifying the public of the security breach was necessary to allow the banks time to flag up affected bank accounts and monitor them for any unusual activity. [20 Nov 2007]
Data security: Brits do care
News We are calling for greater public debate and for the government to consider legislation that would require organisations that suffer information security breaches to alert their customers if there is a chance the breach has put individuals... [10 Oct 2007]
Dear silicon.com... modern malware, Vista sales, Bluetooth ads...
Comment From F-Secure in Finland Tech companies back data breach law More findings from our primary research MiFID - Will the banks be ready in time? Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech... [04 Oct 2007]
