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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]
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. The rules that limit websites and marketers from collecting data on children under 13...
[10 Apr 2008]
Comment 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. Data Protection Act
[08 Apr 2008]
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]
whitepaper Neither is the Data Protection act which outlines the requirements and in effect the responsibilities. The powers of the Data protection commissioner and more to the point the likelihood of inspection have however increased.
[27 Mar 2008]
Comment Many will be aware now that the seventh principle of the Data Protection Act requires businesses to take appropriate technical and organisational measures to guard against accidental data loss. Compliance with the new Companies Act and the Data...
[27 Mar 2008]
whitepaper The challenge was to use internationally recognized industry standards to encrypt documents and ensure compliance with the Data Protection Act and avoid interference with normal workflows, both internally and within partner organizations, while...
[24 Mar 2008]
News The ICO advises concerned consumers to refer to the Data Protection Act which, among other things, states organisations should always say what they plan to do with information and always keep it up to date.
[19 Mar 2008]
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. Inspector David Edge, who is coordinating the camera...
[12 Mar 2008]
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]
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]
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]
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 made a breakthrough when the...
[14 Feb 2008]
News The personal data is encrypted immediately and is destroyed within 24 hours of use in accordance with the UK Data Protection Act. Biometric data is already in use for border control purposes at other airports in the UK, including Gatwick and...
[08 Feb 2008]
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 Data Protection Act should be made...
[06 Feb 2008]
News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is asking that "knowingly or recklessly" breaching the Data Protection Act (DPA) could be made a criminal offence, as part of a series of amendments to the act.
[31 Jan 2008]
News 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 principles" of the...
[31 Jan 2008]
News 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 statement: "It...
[25 Jan 2008]
News Fox said: "This seems like a systemic failure, not a single act of incompetence. 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...
[22 Jan 2008]
whitepaper To ensure compliance with federal and state regulations such as HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) and to protect vital patient records, the Luther Midelfort IT team uses a data protection solution from Symantec.
[17 Jan 2008]
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