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Round three for BT's Phorm trials
News Phorm's opponents claimed the trials were illegal under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa) and the Data Protection... [29 Sep 2008]
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,... [09 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... [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... [10 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... [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... [12 Mar 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... [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... [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... [16 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... [21 Dec 2007]
Downing St responds to silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign
News Downing Street's response to the silicon.com petition also said the government takes "the protection of personal data extremely seriously" and that... [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... [30 Nov 2007]
Missing: 25 million child benefit records
News Darling admitted it is "highly likely" the Data Protection Act has been broken and said an inquiry into the missing data will be... [20 Nov 2007]
Foreign Office admits data breach
News The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has been found to have breached the Data Protection Act following an investigation. The FCO... [14 Nov 2007]
Judge calls for "universal" national DNA database
News A is for Act There are some immense practical issues as well as the civil liberties and data protection issues. D is for Data privacy worries Speaking... [05 Sep 2007]
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