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News The government launched its consultation on the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) powers and funding following the Data Sharing Review, which recommended that the ICO be given more money and authority to fine organisations for "reckless... [17 Jul 2008]
UK must overhaul data sharing rules
News The Data Sharing Review found that measures were needed to restore public trust in the way Whitehall handles information in the wake of high profiled data breaches, such as HM Revenue & Customs losing 25 million people's personal data and the... [11 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]
HMRC and MoD face action over data blunders
News The report said laptops had been used in breach of MoD encryption policy and pointed out ongoing data protection breaches within the MoD. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is taking enforcement action against HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC... [25 Jun 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.05.08
Round-Up Breaches of this policy are taken seriously. She added the 'data guardians' brought in to shake-up data security at the HMRC did not have power to operate outside of the existing HMRC chain of command and that business unit directors and the HMRC... [02 May 2008]
Public trust eroded: Data breaches to blame
News The British Computing Society has criticised the government, claiming its high-profile data breaches have eroded public trust. The criticism follows a number of high-profile UK government data breaches recently, including the HMRC loss, numerous... [30 Apr 2008]
Video Cheat Sheet: Data Breaches
Video Plus, discover what steps the government and privacy watchdogs are taking to prevent any more embarrassing leaks such as HM Revenue & Customs losing computer discs with the details of 25 million people on them back in November.silicon.com... [25 Apr 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]
Data breaches: Don't blame 'stupid' employees
News There has been a spate of high-profile security breaches dating back to mid-2007, which has led the government watchdogs to demand action be taken against organisations and individuals who fail to safeguard data and information. [03 Apr 2008]
'Data guardians' keep a watch over HMRC
News More recently, silicon.com won a significant victory in its Full Disclosure campaign to make government toughen its data protection legislation and improve the reporting of security breaches. Scores of "data guardians" have been employed to protect... [29 Feb 2008]
Lords take fresh look at data security
News But since the response was published in October last year, the government has been hit by high-profile data breaches such as the loss of confidential data by HM Revenue & Customs. The government's response to the original report rejected many of... [22 Feb 2008]
Data breaches: No more than normal
News The Information Commissioner's Office has said that the rash of data-breach reports in the past five months is due not to more data breaches - but to more people admitting to them. The spokesperson said: "More people are stepping forward as they... [18 Feb 2008]
Poll: Execs should be jailed for data loss
News Other voters were slightly less draconian in their views with 31 per cent suggesting company bosses should be fired for losing data.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com wants the government to review its data... [14 Feb 2008]
Police unprepared for security 'arms race'
News An e-petition calling for the return of a dedicated unit was set up in the wake of the spate of government data breaches, which began with the loss of 25 million child benefit records by HM Revenue & Customs. [14 Feb 2008]
BlackBerrys squashed by Whitehall data ban
News The government has suffered a catalogue of embarrassing security breaches, which includes the NHS losing hundreds of thousands of patients' records, the DVLA losing three million learner drivers' details and the loss of more than 4,000 patient... [04 Feb 2008]
