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Dear silicon.com... XP lives, the femtocell 'truth', BlackBerry bashing…

Comment Mr Button - you mean get the police to do the job the ICO doesn't have the authority to do. Windows XP was getting a lot of attention this week, with silicon.com readers undecided whether the OS should live on or not… And data losses never seem far...

Tags: iphone, blackberry, femtocell, vista

[01 May 2008]

UK hit by 100 data breaches in six months

News Organisations continue to lose sensitive personal data - despite high profile cases such as the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) data breach, and the Information Commissioner Office (ICO) has warned chief executives to protect staff and customers...

Tags: security, ico, data breach

[22 Apr 2008]

Phorm defends 'traffic-analysis' methods

News On Tuesday the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) issued a statement on Phorm's activities, in which it said any allegations of Ripa non-compliance were a matter for the Home Office, rather than the ICO.

Tags: ripa, phorm

[11 Apr 2008]

ICO: Data theft laws must not be axed

News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has said it is vital the government resists pressure to withdraw clause 76 as the bill passes through parliament. An ICO spokesman said: "We want to deter people from the illegal buying and selling of data.

Tags: data theft, data loss, ico

[01 Apr 2008]

The Weekly Round-Up: 28.03.08

Round-Up The initiative has been delayed after the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) raised privacy concerns about the system. Planes, trains and automobiles - the title of an amusing comedy flick starring Steve Martin is also a neat segue into the...

Tags: ofcom, wi-fi, train, plane

[28 Mar 2008]

Heathrow 'temporarily delays' fingerprint checks

News Plans to introduce biometric fingerprint checks for domestic passengers travelling through Heathrow Airport have been delayed after the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) raised privacy concerns about the system.silicon.com's A to Z of...

Tags: baa, biometrics, ico, heathrow

[26 Mar 2008]

Brits get more data security savvy

News An Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) survey has found eight out of 10 people are now taking more care with their personal information. If they don't, Smith warned, companies risk losing business or facing action from the ICO.

Tags: ico, security, information, data protection act

[19 Mar 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 ICO said SFS should have taken steps to encrypt the...

Tags: dpa, breach, customer data, ico

[21 Feb 2008]

Dear silicon.com... Laptop losses, mobile ads, gas-guzzler charge, Vista backtrack…

Comment And the ICO still won't be given any teeth. What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views on the site.

Tags: vista, data, anpr, sp1

[21 Feb 2008]

Data breaches: No more than normal

News HM Revenue & Customs' loss of 25 million details of people claiming and receiving child benefit was the catalyst for a surge of data-loss reports, an ICO spokesperson told silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk.

Tags: ico, whitehall, hmrc, security

[18 Feb 2008]

Poll: Execs should be jailed for data loss

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...

Tags: full disclosure, criminal, punishment, poll

[14 Feb 2008]

Editor's Blog: Another blow to identity fraudsters

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...

Tags: full disclosure, data protection, identity fraud, id cards

[06 Feb 2008]

silicon.com victory in Full Disclosure data campaign

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.

Tags: data loss, richard thomas, ico, campaign

[31 Jan 2008]

ICO: Make 'reckless' data loss an offence

News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has called for amendments to UK data-protection laws, including making "reckless" data breaches an offence. The powers of the ICO are limited. For the most part, the ICO cannot impose a penalty for a...

Tags: data, dpa, ico, hmrc

[31 Jan 2008]

Stolen M&S laptop contains 26,000 pension details

News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has threatened the retail giant with possible prosecution after the unencrypted data on a laptop was stolen from a contractor in April 2007. The ICO served the enforcement notice on 23 January after M&S...

Tags: ico, data loss, laptop theft, marks and spencer

[25 Jan 2008]

Gov't fails to keep court data locked up

News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has said it will scrutinise the department's security procedures and has asked for a copy of Bloomfield's investigation before deciding what action to take.

Tags: loss, procedures, questions, details

[23 Jan 2008]

Carphone Warehouse in data protection breach

News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said the Carphone Warehouse, and its sister company TalkTalk, could face the possibility of an unlimited fine if their data protection and compliance systems are not brought up to scratch within 35 days...

Tags: carphone warehouse, privacy, data loss, ico

[16 Jan 2008]

Commons' committee calls for reckless-data-loss laws

News The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) welcomed the calls to make significant security breaches a criminal offence and reiterated its support for the government decision to give the ICO power to inspect an organisation without having to get...

Tags: data loss, government, security, law

[03 Jan 2008]

Business warning over data security

News In the wake of the HMRC data debacle, organisations must act to safeguard public confidence in data gathering - and that means considering the impact of new IT systems and technologies on individuals' privacy, says data watchdog the Information...

Tags: privacy, data breach, ico, calling

[11 Dec 2007]

Downing St responds to silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign

News In November, Prime Minister Gordon Brown gave the ICO the power to conduct spot checks on government departments, in light of the HM Revenue & Customs breach which saw 25 million child benefit claimants' details 'lost in the post' - making it the...

Tags: full disclosure, government, data breach, data protection

[10 Dec 2007]

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