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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]
HMRC and MoD face action over data blunders
News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is taking enforcement action against HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for breaching the Data Protection Act. It is beyond doubt that both Departments have breached Data... [25 Jun 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. But the ISPA replied saying there are numerous obstacles to... [18 Jun 2008]
Casinos bet on Experian ID verification
News Dawson said information is retained securely in accordance with the Data Protection Act to demonstrate to gambling regulators that the gambling law is being observed. The service searches and cross-references customer information from 12 data... [11 Jun 2008]
The McCue Interview: Ailsa Beaton, CIO, Metropolitan Police Service
Comment Information is another big part of Beaton's role at the Met and she has responsibility for managing the Met's work with the Information Commissioner, the Freedom of Information Act, Data Protection Act and information security. [02 Jun 2008]
Outlawed: Reckless loss of data
News The prospect of substantial fines for deliberate or reckless breaches of the data protection principles will act as a strong deterrent and help ensure that organisations take their data protection obligations more seriously. [12 May 2008]
Phorm defends 'traffic-analysis' methods
News Phorm - whose Webwise and Open Internet Exchange (OIX) technologies were used by BT in a trial on its customers - says the Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR) is wrong to say the use of Phorm's technologies constituted unlawful... [11 Apr 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. According to a copy of the letter seen by silicon.com sister site CNET News.com "We ask... [10 Apr 2008]
Vendors hype up compliance fears
Comment 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 organisations that have... [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. Police in Staffordshire are trialling video technology... [12 Mar 2008]
Editor's Blog: Lords above!
Comment I don't want it to take another data breach - followed by identity thieves exploiting that lost data to rip off the unlucky public - before the government decides to act. Their other suggestions included increasing resources for the police to deal... [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 with a data breach. Costs for financial services firms were higher, which the... [25 Feb 2008]
Laptop theft breaks data protection law
News Skipton Financial Services (SFS) has been found to have been in breach of the Data Protection Act by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) - but has escaped without any punishment. The financial advisor company suffered the theft of an... [21 Feb 2008]
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