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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 asking for.silicon.com wants the government... [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 the public and private sectors. [27 Aug 2008]
Ministry of Justice loses 45,000 records
News The MoJ didn't notify more than 30,000 of the 45,016 affected by the data breaches, first when MoJ supplier records were compromised in June 2007 and then when the names, addresses, birth dates and alleged offences relating to 3,648 people were... [25 Jul 2008]
Privacy watchdog to get power to raid
News Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and government take data security more seriously. The government launched its consultation on the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) powers and funding following the Data... [17 Jul 2008]
Privacy chief fights UK-wide database
News A database of all calls, emails and internet traffic, to be stored by the Home Office for at least 12 months, is thought to be included under proposals for "modifying procedures for acquiring communications data" in the draft Communications Data... [15 Jul 2008]
UK must overhaul data sharing rules
News Whitehall has neither the framework nor the leadership to properly protect the public's personal data, a review by Information Commissioner Richard Thomas and Mark Walport, director of the Wellcome Trust has found.silicon.com's Full Disclosure... [11 Jul 2008]
ICO: Data breach law moves closer
News Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and government take data security more seriously. A rethink of UK data protection laws is something that silicon.com has been calling on for the last year as part of its Full... [03 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. HMRC should report any breaches of security promptly, something that did... [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 Full Disclosure campaign will continue. [26 Jun 2008]
HMRC and MoD face action over data blunders
News Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and government take data security more seriously. The report said laptops had been used in breach of MoD encryption policy and pointed out ongoing data protection breaches within... [25 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. Whitehall has suffered a further 30 data breaches since it lost 25 million people's details last November. [24 Jun 2008]
Cotton Traders' site hacked: Thousands of details stolen
News Security groups say the attack highlights the need for laws governing companies' response to breaches, as called for by silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign. John Turner, European VP at security company Symantec, said in a statement: "The loss of... [11 Jun 2008]
Admit to security breaches, companies told
News Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and government take data security more seriously. Read more here.silicon.com has been calling for such laws under its Full Disclosure campaign, which has already seen significant... [27 May 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 Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com wants the... [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. Kennedy said the breaches related to less than one per cent of just over 90,000 staff. [01 May 2008]
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