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Viacom vs Google: YouTube privacy fears

News B is for Botnets 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... [04 Jul 2008]

Call to increase online data protection for teens

News B is for Botnets 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... [10 Apr 2008]

Vendors hype up compliance fears

Comment B is for Botnets 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... [08 Apr 2008]

Data breaches: Don't blame 'stupid' employees

News B is for Botnets 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... [03 Apr 2008]

ICO: Make 'reckless' data loss an offence

News B is for Botnets 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... [31 Jan 2008]

Stolen M&S laptop contains 26,000 pension details

News B is for Botnets 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... [25 Jan 2008]

Carphone Warehouse in data protection breach

News B is for Botnets 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 B is for Botnets 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... [08 Jan 2008]

Data encryption brought into focus by HMRC

Comment B is for Botnets 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... [21 Dec 2007]

Downing St responds to silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign

News B is for Botnets 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. [10 Dec 2007]

Who's been reading your emails?

News B is for Botnets 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... [30 Nov 2007]

Missing: 25 million child benefit records

News B is for Botnets Darling admitted it is "highly likely" the Data Protection Act has been broken and said an inquiry into the missing data will be conducted by the Independent Police Complaints Commission. [20 Nov 2007]

Foreign Office admits data breach

News B is for Botnets The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has been found to have breached the Data Protection Act following an investigation. The FCO has signed a formal undertaking to comply with the Data Protection Act, with failure to do so... [14 Nov 2007]

Orange pulled up by privacy watchdog

News B is for Botnets Orange and Littlewoods have been found to be in breach of the data protection act (DPA) by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). Both companies have signed a formal undertaking with the Information Commissioner to comply... [22 Jun 2007]

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