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Lost data total nears 30 million records
News July 2008: The Ministry of Justice reveals data on 45,000 people, including criminal records and banking and court information have been lost or compromised in the preceding 12 months, following the loss of laptops,... [30 Sep 2008]
Home Office loses data on 84,000 prisoners
News Just last month it emerged that 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. The... [22 Aug 2008]
Ministry 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 biggest breach saw about... [25 Jul 2008]
Cabinet minister's laptop stolen
News It is important to remember that this incident relates to the criminal theft of a security-protected PC from a locked and alarmed office. The PC, which was lost on Saturday, contained details of the... [18 Jun 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... [06 Jun 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... [12 May 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.05.08
Round-Up And to think, only this week the House of Lords supported a hasty amendment to the criminal justice and immigration bill which would make it a criminal offence to carelessly release or lose... [02 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. The government-commissioned Poynter Review of the breach that led to the loss of 25 million... [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... [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... [01 Apr 2008]
Photos: Viruses and Trojans come to life
Photo The information gathered can then be used for criminal purposes. This is Phishing1, which requests victims to confirm personal information - such as addresses or bank account details -... [06 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... [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... [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]
ICO: Make 'reckless' data loss an offence
News The document said: "The Commissioner is proposing the introduction of a new penalty, limited to breaches that are avoidable, that give rise to a serious data-protection risk and where a criminal state of mind exists. [31 Jan 2008]
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