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ID cards face student scorn
News A is for Act She said the two fingerprints and photograph stored on the card would provide greater protection against identity theft and help fight illegal working, immigration abuse and serious crime. [09 Jul 2008]
Viacom vs Google: YouTube privacy fears
News Privacy activists from the Electronic Frontier Foundation said in a blog post the order "threatens to expose deeply private information" and violated the Video Privacy Protection Act, a 1988 federal law passed after Supreme Court nominee Robert... [04 Jul 2008]
ISPs face fresh threat from file-sharing laws
News This includes the Electronic Commerce Directive Regulations 2002 and the Data Protection Act 1998 which can limit what action ISPs can lawfully take against users' private communications. B is for BT But the Internet Service Providers' Association... [18 Jun 2008]
Call to increase online data protection for teens
News But the CDD and others want the FTC to go further by expanding the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (Coppa) to cover teens between 13 and 18 years old. The rules that limit websites and marketers from collecting data on children under 13... [10 Apr 2008]
Vendors hype up compliance fears
Comment Data Protection Act The most significant piece of legislation in the UK is the Data Protection Act, the principles of which govern the handling of personal information. What he's taken to doing now is getting an undertaking from individuals and... [08 Apr 2008]
Data breaches: Don't blame 'stupid' employees
News In a document submitted to government in January this year, information commissioner Richard Thomas called for the Data Protection Act (DPA) to be amended to include a penalty for data controllers "knowingly or recklessly failing to comply with... [03 Apr 2008]
Police gets to grips with body cameras
Case Study The system also generates reports, has a quick search function and helps the force comply with the Data Protection Act. It also allows us to manage the recorded data over a long period of time. B is for Behavioural biometric [12 Mar 2008]
Biometrics open up Heathrow Terminal One
News The personal data is encrypted immediately and is destroyed within 24 hours of use in accordance with the UK Data Protection Act. Biometric data is already in use for border control purposes at other airports in the UK, including Gatwick and... [08 Feb 2008]
ICO: Make 'reckless' data loss an offence
News In a document submitted to government, information commissioner Richard Thomas called for the Data Protection Act (DPA) to be amended to include a penalty for data controllers "knowingly or recklessly failing to comply with the principles" of the... [31 Jan 2008]
Stolen M&S laptop contains 26,000 pension details
News The ICO found that M&S breached the Data Protection Act by not taking appropriate measures to ensure the security of its data by making sure the laptop data was encrypted. Mick Gorrill, assistant commissioner at the ICO, added in a statement: "It... [25 Jan 2008]
Carphone Warehouse in data protection breach
News We take these matters very seriously indeed, and as soon as these concerns were brought to our attention we took immediate steps to resolve them and to ensure we are fully compliant with the Data Protection Act. [16 Jan 2008]
'Big Brother IT' fuels workplace stress
News He said: "The Data Protection Act offers woeful protection for employees and I would call on the government to present greater protections. Privacy advocates say the surge in cyber snooping by bosses will land an increasing number of employers in... [08 Jan 2008]
Data encryption brought into focus by HMRC
Comment There is actually no explicit obligation under the Data Protection Act (DPA) to use encryption, although the DPA does state that 'appropriate technical and organisational measures' should be taken to ensure data is kept completely secure, which... [21 Dec 2007]
Downing St responds to silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign
News The UK's data protection watchdog already published new guidelines for individuals to better understand how and why organisations use their data under the current Data Protection Act in August 2007. Downing Street's response to the silicon.com... [10 Dec 2007]
Who's been reading your emails?
News Other legislation around email monitoring includes the Data Protection Act 1998 as well as the Human Rights Act 1998. If someone is suspected of illegal activity the police or security services could access their work emails under the Regulation of... [30 Nov 2007]
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