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Privacy watchdog to get power to raid
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]
Need for "radical change" in gov't data handling
News The justice minister's comments were made in light of a number of reports on government data losses published on Wednesday, including a review of the HMRC loss of 25 million child-benefit claimant details by PricewaterhouseCoopers chair Kieran... [26 Jun 2008]
Government racks up 100 data breaches
News Whitehall has suffered a further 30 data breaches since it lost 25 million people's details last November. Wills told Parliament: "The Commissioner encourages organisations to report serious data breaches to his office, although there is no legal... [24 Jun 2008]
Cabinet minister's laptop stolen
News The incident is the latest in a long line of government data breaches, including the loss of 25 million details of child-benefit claimants by HMRC last year. The PC, which was lost on Saturday, contained details of the Cabinet minister's... [18 Jun 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.05.08
Round-Up Breaches of this policy are taken seriously. No wait, hang on: the minister has just announced that more than 600 staff at HMRC have been disciplined for snooping on personal data. According to the written answer, the minister added: "HMRC has a... [02 May 2008]
600 HMRC workers caught snooping
News Kennedy said the breaches related to less than one per cent of just over 90,000 staff. Breaches of this policy are taken seriously. The revelation by Treasury minister Jane Kennedy in a written answer to parliament showed that 192 staff had been... [01 May 2008]
MoD admits to losing 11,000 ID cards
News They have photographic ID on them, so it would be difficult for them to be used by individuals they have not been assigned to.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com wants the government to review its data... [13 Mar 2008]
ID cards: What's the latest?
News Latest data breaches taking their toll? Minister calls for ID cards review D is for Data privacy worries HMRC data blunder raises new questions… The project has never been far from the pages of silicon.com - so here's the pick of our coverage on... [29 Jan 2008]
Stolen MoD laptop contains 600,000 records
News Defence minister Des Browne will make a statement today about the latest incident in a catalogue of embarrassing security breaches by the UK government, which includes the NHS losing hundreds of thousands of patients' records, the DVLA losing... [21 Jan 2008]
Data breach hits thousands of motorists
News The missing information consists of the owner's name and address and details of the vehicle, including its make, model, colour, registration and chassis number.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com wants the... [12 Dec 2007]
Downing St responds to silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign
News As part of the campaign silicon.com launched an online petition on the Downing Street website calling for the Prime Minister to improve the reporting of information security breaches in the public and private sectors. [10 Dec 2007]
Leader: It's time for a data breach disclosure law
Leader The original California law - known as SB 1386 - obliges Californian state agencies or private sector businesses to disclose data security breaches to residents if their unencrypted personal information may have been compromised. [22 Nov 2007]
Gordon Brown orders data security spot checks
News Information Commissioner Richard Thomas welcomed the powers to spot check government departments without the need for consent but he also called for data breaches of this scale to be made a criminal offence. [22 Nov 2007]
Microsoft warns ID cards pose massive security risk
News Jerry Fishenden, national technology officer at Microsoft UK, told silicon.com the current plans for a central national identity register could lead to "huge potential breaches" and leakage of personal information. [18 Oct 2005]
Leader: Is one data leak one too many?
Leader It's been a week of security leaks - from military documents in the Netherlands to Homeland Security breaches in the US. But we would advocate establishing more carefully which databases represent where genuine 'zero' tolerance is required... [08 Feb 2005]
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