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Privacy tsar to fine firms recklessly losing data
News Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and government take data security more seriously. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) will gain powers to fine companies that recklessly lose... [25 Nov 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]
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 relating to 3,648... [25 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. Justice minister Michael Wills said in a statement: "We believe sharpening the... [17 Jul 2008]
Government racks up 100 data breaches
News Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and government take data security more seriously. The figures were revealed by justice minister Michael Wills in a written answer to... [24 Jun 2008]
Outlawed: Reckless loss of data
News It marks a major milestone in silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign calling for legislation to make companies or authorities that lose personal data accountable.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign -... [12 May 2008]
House of Lords backs data loss law change
News Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and government take data security more seriously. The move towards outlawing the reckless loss of data follows silicon.com's campaign for full... [28 Apr 2008]
ICO: Data theft laws must not be axed
News Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and government take data security more seriously. Pressure is building on parliament to quash part of the Criminal Justice and... [01 Apr 2008]
More than 1,000 gov't laptops lost since 2001
News Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and government take data security more seriously. Back in February silicon.com reported several departments - including the Ministry of... [01 Apr 2008]
silicon.com victory in Full Disclosure data campaign
News silicon.com has won a significant victory in its Full Disclosure campaign to make government toughen its data protection legislation and improve the reporting of security breaches.silicon.com's Full... [31 Jan 2008]
Commons' committee calls for reckless-data-loss laws
News Its calls echo silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign for legislation which would require organisations that suffer security breaches to alert their customers if there is a chance the breach has put individual's... [03 Jan 2008]
Where next for TomorrowNow?
News That disclosure creates uncertainties about TomorrowNow's ability to attract new customers and retain old ones. According to the UBS report: "Until SAP can satisfy the [US Department of Justice] that... [04 Jul 2007]
US cyber-spying must stop now, says judge
News The judge, who was appointed by President Carter in 1979, also dismissed the government's request that the suit be thrown out because of the "state secrets privilege", which permits the government to suppress a lawsuit that might lead to... [18 Aug 2006]
Google denounced over search data request refusal
News The DoJ said in its filing: "The government has a legitimate need for the disclosure of data that is uniquely in Google's possession. The balance certainly weighs in favour of disclosure of any alleged... [27 Feb 2006]
Google attacks "cavalier" Justice Department
News In a strongly worded legal brief filed with a federal judge in San Jose, California, the search company accused prosecutors of a "cavalier attitude", saying they were "uninformed" about how search engines work and the importance of... [20 Feb 2006]
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