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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... [25 Nov 2008]
CEOs told - take responsibility for 'toxic' data
News The ICO has been arguing for some time that its powers and resources are no longer adequate, and parliament responded by deciding the ICO should have the power to impose penalties for deliberate or reckless breaches of... [29 Oct 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]
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 UK's privacy watchdog could get new powers to raid organisations under government... [17 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 found.silicon.com's Full... [11 Jul 2008]
HMRC and MoD face action over data blunders
News Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and government take data security more seriously. It is beyond doubt that both Departments have breached Data Protection requirements and we intend to... [25 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]
Lords take fresh look at data security
News The government's response to the original report rejected many of the committee's recommendations - including its calls for the introduction of a data breach notification law, a move backed by silicon.com's Full... [22 Feb 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]
Are UK data laws fit for purpose?
News Nicholas Evans, European IT director for Key Equipment Finance, backed silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign, which calls for a law forcing public and private sector organisations to inform regulators and customers if... [23 Nov 2007]
Why UK must pass data leak law now
News The message is in line with silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign which has been calling for a rethink of law in this area to improve the reporting of data breaches so that companies have to reveal it when they lose... [10 Aug 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]
Ripa encryption keys clause to get the go-ahead?
News Part 3 gives the police powers to order the disclosure of encryption keys, or force suspects to decrypt encrypted data. The Home Office said last week that the focus on key disclosure... [18 May 2006]
Lords slam government's ID cards bill
News Concerns that there aren't enough safeguards in the ID cards bill to prevent unauthorised disclosure and leaks of personal information from the NIR are also raised in the report. Parliament should not allow the Home... [24 Oct 2005]
Offshore data security fears dismissed by UK
News The union claims the issue of disclosure is also about ethical business practices. We've never seen a breach and it's not due to a lack of powers - it hasn't happened. The UK's data protection watchdog... [06 Apr 2004]
