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RSS criminal campaignMinistry of Justice loses 45,000 records
News The details of 45,000 people, including criminal records and banking and court information have been lost or compromised in the past year by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). The MoJ didn't notify more than 30,000 of the 45,016 affected by the data... [25 Jul 2008]
Phishing, malware and online fraud is booming
News A government report on serious criminal threats to the UK has warned of the growing danger from international gangs of online and credit card fraudsters. It says the criminal market for stolen data has boomed with the growth of the internet, with... [06 Jun 2008]
ANPR "ring of steel" watches over Manchester
News A GMP spokesman said the stored data would be used to provide criminal intelligence and evidence in police investigations. London's ring of steel was introduced in the early 1990s following a bombing campaign by the IRA. [05 Jun 2008]
Critics attack gov't email, phone database plan
News These can be accessed by national authorities to help in a criminal investigation. Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and government take data security more seriously. [20 May 2008]
Outlawed: Reckless loss of data
News In a victory for data loss law campaigners, MPs backed the amendment to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act to make it an offence for anyone to "intentionally or recklessly disclose information" or "repeatedly and negligently" allow... [12 May 2008]
600 HMRC workers caught snooping
News The House of Lords recently backed a motion to make the reckless loss or distribution of data a criminal offence. Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and government take data security more seriously. [01 May 2008]
House of Lords backs data loss law change
News Losing personal data took a step closer to becoming a criminal offence after the House of Lords backed a change in the law. Peers supported an amendment to the criminal justice and immigration bill which would make it a criminal offence to... [28 Apr 2008]
ICO: Data theft laws must not be axed
News Pressure is building on parliament to quash part of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill that would mean those buying or selling data would face prison (clause 76). The ICO has already called for reckless data loss to be made a criminal offence. [01 Apr 2008]
Police chief: Cyber crime is everywhere
News The head of e-crime for the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca), Sharon Lemon, has warned e-crime is so widespread it now plays a role in nearly every criminal investigation. She said: "The thing that is disturbing us the most is the exchange of... [19 Mar 2008]
UK Plc calls for national police e-crime force
News A spokeswoman for the FSB said: "The current policing arrangements for dealing with cyber crime are lamentable in that there is no centralised mechanism for dealing specifically with e-crime and there is a huge lack of clarity around which police... [14 Mar 2008]
Police backs calls for e-crime unit
News There has been a substantial rise in the amount of online crime being reported and these are more sophisticated attacks carried out by more organised criminal networks. It reinforces in the mind of the criminal that this country is a soft touch and... [12 Mar 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 Disclosure campaign recently made a breakthrough when the... [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 breaching the Data Protection Act should be made... [06 Feb 2008]
silicon.com victory in Full Disclosure data campaign
News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is asking that "knowingly or recklessly" breaching the Data Protection Act (DPA) could be made a criminal offence, as part of a series of amendments to the act. [31 Jan 2008]
Commons' committee calls for reckless-data-loss laws
News But the parliamentary justice select committee's demands that recklessly or repeatedly mishandling personal information should become a criminal offence received a cautious welcome. The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) welcomed the calls to... [03 Jan 2008]
