data protection act hackers
Viacom vs Google: YouTube privacy fears
News H is for Hackers 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 H is for Hackers 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 H is for Hackers What he's taken to doing now is getting an undertaking from individuals and organisations that have breached the Data Protection Act, and naming and shaming them in press releases," she says. [08 Apr 2008]
Data breaches: Don't blame 'stupid' employees
News H is for Hackers She also referenced a quote that claims hackers often pay more attention to the human link in the security chain than security designers do. In a document submitted to government in January this year, information commissioner... [03 Apr 2008]
ICO: Make 'reckless' data loss an offence
News H is for Hackers 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 H is for Hackers 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 H is for Hackers 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 H is for Hackers 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 H is for Hackers 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 H is for Hackers 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 H is for Hackers 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 H is for Hackers 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 H is for Hackers 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]
Businesses call for police cyber crime unit
News UK businesses are calling for a dedicated national police unit to deal with the growing computer crime threat posed by hackers and international gangs of criminals. The Metropolitan Police Service is also pushing for a national computer crime unit... [08 Oct 2007]
Steve Ranger's Notebook: Don't let sleeping data dogs lie
Comment What if your credit card details, address, date of birth, bank account data - everything about you that an identity thief could possibly want - were stolen by hackers or accidentally leaked onto the internet by companies you thought you could trust? [04 Sep 2007]
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