data protection act disclosure

Data breach at Virgin prompts encryption order

News Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and government take data security more seriously. The loss, which occurred in May, constitutes a breach of the Data... [30 Sep 2008]

Businesses ready for Facebook generation

News Apart from the risk of a breach of the Data Protection Act, my organisation takes a very hard line on disclosure of information in general in case it contains... [15 Sep 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 said it is important the information commissioner is able to enforce... [17 Jul 2008]

Probe into loss of 21,000 hospital patient details

News Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and government take data security more seriously. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) will investigate whether Colchester... [30 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 Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is taking enforcement action against HM... [25 Jun 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... [12 May 2008]

Editor's Blog: Lords above!

Comment It's been another week where silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign has loomed large, with two pieces of news emphasising why I'm proud we have stuck to our guns on this one. I don't want it to take another... [27 Feb 2008]

Revealed: The full cost of a corporate data breach

News And silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign has been calling for a rethink of the UK's data protection laws to make it clearer to companies how they should act when faced... [25 Feb 2008]

Laptop theft breaks data protection law

News The financial advisor company suffered the theft of an unencrypted laptop containing the personal details of 14,000 of its customers last December.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking... [21 Feb 2008]

Poll: Execs should be jailed for data loss

News The poll follows on from the HM Revenue & Customs loss in November 2007 of two CDs containing the details of 25 million people and a flurry of reported incidents since.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign recently... [14 Feb 2008]

Editor's Blog: Another blow to identity fraudsters

Comment Seven months after we launched our Full Disclosure campaign calling for a rethink of legislation in this area, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is now asking that knowingly or recklessly breaching the... [06 Feb 2008]

silicon.com victory in Full Disclosure data campaign

News silicon.com has won a significant victory in its Full Disclosure campaign to make government toughen its data protection legislation and improve the reporting of security... [31 Jan 2008]

MoD admits to more laptop thefts

News The Ministry of Defence has had two further laptops stolen, admitted Defence Secretary Des Browne.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com wants the government to review its... [22 Jan 2008]

Commons' committee calls for reckless-data-loss laws

News Its calls echo silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign for legislation which would require organisations that suffer security breaches to alert their customers if there is a chance the breach has put individual's... [03 Jan 2008]

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

News The plans have been revealed by the government in response to silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign, which calls for a review of the data breach notification laws in the UK. The UK's... [10 Dec 2007]

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