data security 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. Virgin Media has been ordered to encrypt all portable media that is... [30 Sep 2008]
Lost data total nears 30 million records
News September 2008: News emerges that the details of 5,000 prison staff were contained on a drive lost by EDS in 2007.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com wants the government to review... [30 Sep 2008]
Data breach victims get the mushroom treatment
News IT services company Logica, which sponsored the research, said the true number of organisations suffering data breaches is probably far higher.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking... [25 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 competitive information; it is used out of... [15 Sep 2008]
Data loss consultants sacked by Home Office
News The firm was contracted to run the JTrack system, a database used by the Home Office and the police to keep track of offenders.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com wants the... [10 Sep 2008]
Watchdog demands data breach confessions
News The NCC is petitioning the European Union to draft legal powers to compel businesses and banks to inform customers when they lose their personal data.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are... [01 Sep 2008]
"Shambolic" security behind Home Office data breach
News silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com wants the government to review its data protection legislation and improve the reporting of information... [27 Aug 2008]
Ministry of Justice loses 45,000 records
News The MoJ didn't notify more than 30,000 of the 45,016 affected by the data breaches, first when MoJ supplier records were compromised in June 2007 and then when the names, addresses, birth dates and alleged offences... [25 Jul 2008]
The £500k hunt for missing HMRC discs
News Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and government take data security more seriously. The taxpayer has been landed with a £473,544 bill for the hunt for... [18 Jul 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 launched its consultation on the Information... [17 Jul 2008]
Privacy chief fights UK-wide database
News A database of all calls, emails and internet traffic, to be stored by the Home Office for at least 12 months, is thought to be included under proposals for "modifying procedures for acquiring communications data" in the... [15 Jul 2008]
UK must overhaul data sharing rules
News Whitehall has neither the framework nor the leadership to properly protect the public's personal data, a review by Information Commissioner Richard Thomas and Mark Walport, director of the Wellcome Trust has... [11 Jul 2008]
Are banks going soft on e-crime?
News Arguing for a data breach notification law, as called for by silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign, the committee says a law would provide both an incentive to avoid data loss and an... [08 Jul 2008]
ICO: Data breach law moves closer
News Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and government take data security more seriously. A rethink of UK data protection laws is something... [03 Jul 2008]
Managing Disclosure of Private Health Data With Hippocratic Databases
White Paper HDB's three components - Active Enforcement, Compliance Auditing, and Sovereign Information Integration - ensure that companies derive the maximum value from sensitive data without violating the law or otherwise... [03 Jul 2008]
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