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RSS laws criminalAn Appealing Decision: United States Telecom Association, et al., v. the FCC
White Paper The government, in trying to balance our right to privacy vs.the need to stop criminal activity, has enacted several laws affecting the telecommunications industry. Known as CALEA, the act specifies the parameters for intercepting digital or... [03 Jul 2008]
Genetics, Privacy and Discrimination
White Paper However, the list of laws and proposed laws applying specifically to genetics is growing, particularly in the United States and mainly in three areas - insurance, employment and criminal forensics. In Canada, apart from criminal legislation on... [03 Jul 2008]
Fear of Online Crime
White Paper Americans support FBI interception of criminal suspects’ email and new laws to protect online privacy. Only the FBI has access to the software governing this digital collection system, which is now called “DCS1000. [03 Jul 2008]
Outlawed: Reckless loss of data
News In a victory for data loss law campaigners, MPs backed the amendment to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act to make it an offence for anyone to "intentionally or recklessly disclose information" or "repeatedly and negligently" allow... [12 May 2008]
Vendors hype up compliance fears
Comment If companies fail to comply with an enforcement notice, then it becomes a criminal offence. Compliance. The word strikes fear into the heart of even the hardened executive. We're warned of dire consequences if we get it wrong - especially in data... [08 Apr 2008]
ICO: Data theft laws must not be axed
News Pressure is building on parliament to quash part of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill that would mean those buying or selling data would face prison (clause 76). The ICO has already called for reckless data loss to be made a criminal offence. [01 Apr 2008]
ICO: Make 'reckless' data loss an offence
News The document said: "The Commissioner is proposing the introduction of a new penalty, limited to breaches that are avoidable, that give rise to a serious data-protection risk and where a criminal state of mind exists. [31 Jan 2008]
Should data loss be made a criminal offence?
News The IT industry is divided over whether new laws are needed to make the reckless loss of personal information by public and private sector organisations a criminal offence. The proposals suggesting recklessly or repeatedly mishandling personal... [04 Jan 2008]
Commons' committee calls for reckless-data-loss laws
News But the parliamentary justice select committee's demands that recklessly or repeatedly mishandling personal information should become a criminal offence received a cautious welcome. The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) welcomed the calls to... [03 Jan 2008]
Dear silicon.com... More data breaches and Google vs Wikipedia…
Comment It would have been better really if they had sold this information to criminal organisations. I thought that EU Data Protection laws meant that data could not be exported to the USA without permission because of their different data protection... [20 Dec 2007]
HMRC's missing discs: Just a warning shot
Comment Similarly, the law's approach to criminal penalties makes a mockery of data protection. The chances of being convicted for a criminal offence are virtually zero. Worst still, how can the commissioner properly follow up a spot check when he cannot... [27 Nov 2007]
ID cards will be secure, insists Home Office
News In terms of the penalties for abuse of access, the Identity Cards Act contains a number of criminal offences to tackle attempts to compromise the NIR internally, and any attempt to tamper (physically or technically) with the NIR can lead to a... [25 Oct 2007]
Data breach laws 'make companies serious about security'
Comment Under the legislation companies can delay notifying customers if a law enforcement agency thinks that it would impede a criminal investigation. The law - known as SB 1386 - obliges Californian state agencies or businesses to disclose data security... [03 Sep 2007]
Europe wages war on cyber crime
News These include the increasing sophistication of criminal activity, a lack of coherent EU-level policy and legislation, and a lack of awareness among consumers. The Commission said laws targeting particular crimes - such as ID theft - and identifying... [24 May 2007]
Data thieves facing two years in prison
News He stressed the international nature of the problem, citing the recent Channel 4 Dispatches programme which revealed criminal gangs selling UK credit card and passport details from Indian call centres. [07 Feb 2007]
