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Data Protection Risks and How to Avoid Them
White Paper Concerned by recent high profile data breaches? The attendee will hear about how organizations in the insurance, financial services and retail sector have turned to an innovative form of... [02 Oct 2009]
HSBC companies slapped with £3m fines over data breaches
News Clive Bannister, group managing director of HSBC Insurance, said the company regrets falling short in dealing with customers' data. Two of the HSBC companies recorded losses of data: in... [22 Jul 2009]
Security expert slams Home Office data-sharing guide
News The thing that struck me is that even after all of the privacy and data breaches with lost laptops, CDs and USBs, there's no mention of encryption. For example, insurance companies need... [10 Oct 2008]
CIOs ready for flexi-time law
News Issues over Health and Safety at home; the combination of business, personal and leisure use of computer equipment; Data Protection Act; scope and hours of operation for hardware and software support services; the... [03 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... [25 Jul 2008]
Reports in full: HMRC and MoD data breaches
News The October loss saw two serious breaches of policy, relating to the lack of authorisation for disclosure of the full data and its being sent via untraceable internal mail. HMRC should report any... [26 Jun 2008]
FSA warns banks to wise up on security
News Following an audit of 39 banks, building societies, insurance companies and financial advisors, the regulatory watchdog called on financial services firms to adopt a more transparent stance towards customers, rather than... [25 Apr 2008]
Malice, misuse, mistake - security dangers pile up
Comment Storage is so cheap that it is almost disposable yet the cost of data breaches is rising significantly. Because of this, we don't know how many corporate data breaches... [10 Mar 2008]
Laptop theft breaks data protection law
News The financial advisor company suffered the theft of an unencrypted laptop containing the personal details of 14,000 of its customers last December.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com wants the... [21 Feb 2008]
MoD admits to more laptop thefts
News 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.silicon.com wants the government to review its data... [22 Jan 2008]
Stolen MoD laptop contains 600,000 records
News A Ministry of Defence (MoD) laptop containing personal data about 600,000 people has been stolen in the latest security breach to hit the government.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking... [21 Jan 2008]
MPs condemn government over L-driver data loss
News He said: "I welcome the government's commitment to strengthen the powers of my Office… enabling us to carry out inspections of organisations which collect and use personal information and to put in place new sanctions for the most... [18 Dec 2007]
Are UK data laws fit for purpose?
News Which must then be weighed up against the potential for breaches in security such as we have seen this week. In what is now emerging as the UK's biggest ever data security breach HMRC admitted this week... [23 Nov 2007]
HMRC email rejected filtering of sensitive data
News The first email exchange relates to the NAO's request for National Insurance numbers from the child benefit database for the 2006/2007 audit.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com... [23 Nov 2007]
Gordon Brown orders data security spot checks
News Information Commissioner Richard Thomas welcomed the powers to spot check government departments without the need for consent but he also called for data breaches of this scale to be made a criminal... [22 Nov 2007]
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