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Should data loss be made a criminal offence?
News The proposals suggesting recklessly or repeatedly mishandling personal information should become a criminal offence were put forward in a report by the parliamentary justice select committee. Joseph Hoban, VP at data protection software company... [04 Jan 2008]
Commons' committee calls for reckless-data-loss laws
News The committee said organisations should be obliged to report losses and expressed concern further cases of data loss are still coming to light, saying there is evidence of a widespread problem within the government. [03 Jan 2008]
Experts call for data breach legislation
News A House of Lords committee warned last month the government must act or risk losing public confidence in the security of the internet. Speaking at the discussion on data breach notification organised by tech supplier body Intellect, Lord Harris of... [14 Sep 2007]
Give us more power, says data protection watchdog
News But giving evidence before the Home Affairs Select Committee, information commissioner Richard Thomas called for stronger powers to allow his office to carry out inspections and audits. Currently the watchdog must gain consent before inspecting an... [01 May 2007]
Offshore data security fears dismissed by UK
News The MEPs have tabled the motion to the Employment and Social Affairs committee of the EC, which will decide whether an extension to European data protection laws needs to be debated in the Parliament. [06 Apr 2004]
5 years ago... Experts slam UK encryption plans
News Representatives of banking association Apacs and Chris Reed, deputy director of the University of London's Centre for Commercial Law, were giving evidence at the third round of Trade and Industry Select Committee hearings. [24 Feb 2004]
Trusted computing: How it works
News A trusted platform can attest to its configuration, and I, a merchant, can decide if I want to deal with that PC," Marcus Varady, marketing manager for Intel's safer computing initiative and the chair of the TCPA steering committee, said in a... [08 Nov 2002]
ISPs threaten revolt over anti-terror measures
News The House of Lords and House of Commons Joint Committee on Human Rights said the code appeared to be incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), and said safeguards are needed to prevent the government from compiling a... [24 Oct 2002]
NTL 'snooping' case sets dangerous precedent
News NTL may appeal to the country's highest court, the Judicial Committee of the House of Lords. Retaining the contents of all customers' emails would be illegal under the terms of the Data Protection Act. [23 Jul 2002]
Privacy scandal: Dodgy data laws on the way
News Giving evidence to the DTI Select Committee in December, e-minister Patricia Hewitt said she disagreed with the NCIS demands. A move in 1998 to extend the so-called Enfopol legislation to include the internet failed, leaving individual countries to... [17 May 2001]
'Scandalous' Health Bill will trash privacy
News Grant Kelly, deputy chair of the BMA's IT Committee, said: "This bill paves the way for a massive trawl of citizens' information. However, a spokeswoman for the Department of Health claimed the Bill is consistent with the Data Protection Act and... [25 Jan 2001]
Top adviser calls for data protection overhaul
News Peter Sommer, a research fellow at the London School of Economics and an adviser to the House of Commons' select committee on trade and industry, said the data protection legislation has been too weak in the area of enforcement up until now. [23 Oct 2000]
Back the Act: silicon.com renews support for the DPC
News Martin O'Neill, chairman of the DTI Select Committee, has already pledged to study the matter and silicon.com will be presenting a petition to the DTI to prove how strongly the ecommerce community feels. [12 Oct 2000]
Back the Act: MPs turn spotlight on data protection watchdog
News Responding to silicon.com's 'Back the Act' campaign, Select Committee chairman Martin O'Neill MP yesterday said he will talk to the DPC, the British Bankers Association and the e-envoy's office about the recent incidents at Powergen and Barclays. [05 Sep 2000]
Back the Act: silicon.com launches secure ecommerce campaign
News Consumer confidence is essential if ecommerce is going to flourish, so I want the select committee to take a look at data protection law and make sure its up to date. As part of the campaign, shadow technology minister, Alan Duncan, has written to... [15 Aug 2000]
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