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Privacy chief fights UK-wide database
News Both the MoD and the HMRC are now required to show steps they have taken to improve data protection compliance in response to the ICO enforcement notices. A database of all calls, emails and internet traffic, to be stored by the Home Office for at... [15 Jul 2008]
Phorm defends 'traffic-analysis' methods
News Almost incidentally, because the system is unlawful to operate, it cannot comply with data-protection principles. On Tuesday the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) issued a statement on Phorm's activities, in which it said any allegations of... [11 Apr 2008]
Revealed: The full cost of a corporate data breach
News Costs for financial services firms were higher, which the report said reflected that customers of these organisations have high expectations of trust and privacy - so banks have more to lose from a data breach.silicon.com's Full Disclosure... [25 Feb 2008]
Whitehall staff banned from removing laptops
News All Whitehall staff have been banned from removing laptops containing unencrypted personal data from offices in the wake of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) data loss.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com wants... [22 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... [16 Jan 2008]
ID fraud: Who's most at risk?
News And a third of Brits discard everything a fraudster needs to commit ID theft - including passports, driving licences, CVs and utility bills.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com wants the government to review... [09 Oct 2007]
Experts call for data breach legislation
News Nigel Hopgood, head of security and compliance at Sun Microsystems UK, said: "I think the silicon.com campaign is fantastic and the general awareness of the issues surrounding data breach notifications needs to be raised. [14 Sep 2007]
Orange pulled up by privacy watchdog
News Orange and Littlewoods have been found to be in breach of the data protection act (DPA) by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). A Littlewoods spokeswoman said: "It's not indicative of a general failure to uphold the general data-protection... [22 Jun 2007]
India gets offshore cyber crime watchdog
News India does not have any data protection law equivalent to that in the UK but has been under increasing international pressure to address this in recent years due to a spate of high-profile security breaches. [07 Jun 2007]
Symantec spends $830m on asset management firm
News Some of its recent deals have included BindView, for its compliance offerings, and Relicore, a data automation software maker. The best protection must be complemented by the ability to remediate and address vulnerabilities that could be exploited. [29 Jan 2007]
Worried customers force data safety rethink
News For the first time in nine years organisations are listing privacy and data protection as a significant issue in an annual information security survey of 1,200 organisations by Ernst & Young. But compliance is still the top driver impacting... [14 Nov 2006]
£1.8bn spent to stop the spammers
News Most companies now have standard firewall and antivirus protection in place, according to Point Topic research, with larger companies also splashing out on disaster recovery and compliance monitoring to weed out security violations and further... [25 Sep 2006]
Red-tape "jungle" has businesses tied up in knots
News Mary McCrohan, head of group information security at AIB, also suggested that a compliance backlash, while understandable, could undermine the benefits it has delivered. But despite the business benefits of being compliant it is scare tactics about... [21 Sep 2006]
Contract flaws increase offshore outsourcing risk
News The most critical areas that need specially adapting for offshore outsourcing contracts include proprietary rights, security and confidentiality, legal compliance, fees and payment terms, and auditing. [23 Jun 2006]
Symantec eyes up ID management space
News Symantec CEO John Thompson mentioned those fields as areas the company is interested in as it tries to become a single-source supplier for management of data centres and protection of data and online transactions. [09 May 2006]
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