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Revealed: Cyber crimefighting successes

News But a Soca spokesman said there were more resources dedicated to the e-crime unit within Soca then there had been in the NHTCU, saying it was served by a team of 58 staff focusing almost exclusively on cyber crime, and that child pornography was...

Tags: nhtcu, soca, cyber crime

[15 May 2008]

Outlawed: Reckless loss of data

News It marks a major milestone in silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign calling for legislation to make companies or authorities that lose personal data accountable.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com wants the...

Tags: data breach, full disclosure, data loss

[12 May 2008]

600 HMRC workers caught snooping

News The HMRC has discussed 11 data security incidents involving customer information with the Information Commissioner's Office since April 2005, has stopped data transfers unless there is a business critical need and now demands adequate security...

Tags: data loss, hmrc

[01 May 2008]

UK hit by 100 data breaches in six months

News Nearly 100 leaks of sensitive personal information have been reported to the data protection watchdog in the last six months. The public sector accounted for 62 breaches and the private sector for 28.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we...

Tags: security, ico, data breach

[22 Apr 2008]

Phorm defends 'traffic-analysis' methods

News Almost incidentally, because the system is unlawful to operate, it cannot comply with data-protection principles. We would point to the many important and valuable consumer internet services such as Gmail or spam filters where data from one side of...

Tags: ripa, phorm

[11 Apr 2008]

Call to increase online data protection for teens

News But the CDD and others want the FTC to go further by expanding the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (Coppa) to cover teens between 13 and 18 years old. The rules that limit websites and marketers from collecting data on children under 13...

Tags: myspace, facebook

[10 Apr 2008]

Google defends privacy policy against EU report

News A group of data-protection commissioners from across the EU found that computer web addresses and cookie monitoring amount to personal information that search services should do more to protect. The long-anticipated set of recommendations for how...

Tags: cookies, eu, search, google

[08 Apr 2008]

Data breaches: Don't blame 'stupid' employees

News In a document submitted to government in January this year, information commissioner Richard Thomas called for the Data Protection Act (DPA) to be amended to include a penalty for data controllers "knowingly or recklessly failing to comply with...

Tags: education, breach, data

[03 Apr 2008]

Mobile industry slams 'health time bomb' study

News In September 2007, a study by the UK's Health Protection Agency found no evidence of short-term health damage as a result of mobile-phone use. Rowley said: "If you look at the data from the animal studies it mentions in his paper, he [refers to] an...

Tags: study, health, mobile

[02 Apr 2008]

ICO: Data theft laws must not be axed

News Thomas said in a statement: "There has been widespread support for the government's decision to strengthen the law and - if data protection is to be taken seriously - it is vital the government and other parties should stand firm against any...

Tags: data theft, data loss, ico

[01 Apr 2008]

Driver agency plugs data leaks

News He said that a review of all transfers of data by the agency was due to be completed shortly and that a data protection audit covering assessment of all Pearson's data handling and storage procedures was also taking place.

Tags: government, dsa, data loss

[28 Mar 2008]

Heathrow 'temporarily delays' fingerprint checks

News An ICO statement said: "It is essential that before introducing new systems and technologies, which could accelerate the growth of a surveillance society, full consideration is given to minimising the impact on privacy and that data protection...

Tags: baa, biometrics, ico, heathrow

[26 Mar 2008]

PM to pump cash into security and espionage tech

News He said: "I can confirm that, to meet future security needs, we have set aside funds to modernise our interception capability; that, at GCHQ and in the Secret Intelligence Service, we are developing new technical capabilities to root out terrorism...

Tags: gordon brown, cyber crime, security, funding

[20 Mar 2008]

Government flexes its shared service muscle

News In a statement, Cafcass corporate director Lamorna Wooderson said: "Improvements in the security and protection of data were a top priority for us - as a department which looks after the interests of children this is vital.

Tags: cabinet office, fujitsu services, shared services, managed

[20 Mar 2008]

Apple iPhone 'ready for business'

News But ActiveSync support also means iPhones gain security features such as remote wipe and password policies - which Gartner considers essential for business devices.iPhone 2.0 will also support Cisco IPsec VPN for secure transmission of data, and...

Tags: gartner, iphone, apple, analyst

[19 Mar 2008]

Brits get more data security savvy

News But, he added, if people ask the right questions, organisations will respond to public demand and take data protection more seriously. The ICO advises concerned consumers to refer to the Data Protection Act which, among other things, states...

Tags: ico, security, information, data protection act

[19 Mar 2008]

MoD admits to losing 11,000 ID cards

News They have photographic ID on them, so it would be difficult for them to be used by individuals they have not been assigned to.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com wants the government to review its data...

Tags: data loss, mod, full disclosure, cards

[13 Mar 2008]

Cloud computing - the data centre of the future?

News Cloud computing looks very much like the instantiation of many vendors' visions of the data center of the future; it's an abstracted, fabric-based infrastructure that enables dynamic movement, growth, and protection of services that is billed like...

Tags: datacentre, cloud, providers, hosting

[11 Mar 2008]

'Data guardians' keep a watch over HMRC

News More recently, silicon.com won a significant victory in its Full Disclosure campaign to make government toughen its data protection legislation and improve the reporting of security breaches. Scores of "data guardians" have been employed to protect...

Tags: full disclosure, data loss, hmrc, details

[29 Feb 2008]

Home Office laptop and disc up for grabs on eBay

News We certainly shouldn't be relying on one line of protection when it comes to our national security. Brian Spector, the general manager for content protection at Workshare, said: "With the statistics showing that nearly 500 government devices have...

Tags: home office, laptop, ebay, disc

[29 Feb 2008]

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