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News Speaking at the FSA annual conference on financial crime, FSA director, financial crime and intelligence division Philip Robinson said: "It is worrying that despite increased public awareness of the impact that identity theft can have on customers...
[25 Apr 2008]
News Virus-related equipment failure or data loss affected 19 per cent of businesses surveyed, credit card fraud affected 11 per cent, theft of PC/laptop eight per cent, hacking seven per cent and four per cent or less were affected by unauthorised...
[09 Apr 2008]
News From running Linux, to committing theft or improving sports performance, silicon.com found Top 10 uses of an iPod you'd never expect. Ten things not to do with your data tips for better business travel
[03 Apr 2008]
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). An ICO spokesman said: "We want to deter people from the illegal buying and...
[01 Apr 2008]
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 government to...
[21 Feb 2008]
News The figures for phone, laptop and PDA loss and theft across government departments reveal the MoJ has had 135 laptops and 56 mobile phones stolen, with a further 34 laptops and 116 phones gone missing since 2001.
[19 Feb 2008]
News The initiative is part of a five-year process focused on shifting attitudes to theft and loss within the retailer, since it was acquired by tycoon Harold Tillman. Speaking at the Retail Business Show in London, Hearn explained only 30 per cent of...
[06 Feb 2008]
News HM Revenue & Customs admitted it was forced to cough up £2.25m to send out letters of apology to the 25 million people whose records it lost on two CDs and the theft of a Ministry of Defence laptop containing 600,000 records prompted a ban on all...
[30 Jan 2008]
News She said the firm had informed all employees by letter the moment it found out about the theft, set up a helpline for affected workers and provided them with unlimited credit checks with Experian. Retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) could face...
[25 Jan 2008]
News Browne admitted none of the data on the three stolen laptops had been encrypted and said the individual who suffered the laptop theft in January had failed to follow MoD data security procedures. Speaking before parliament he confessed the theft of...
[22 Jan 2008]
News The MoD admitted the breach on Friday following the theft from a Royal Navy recruitment officer's car in Edgbaston in Birmingham on 9 January. The MoD said it chose not to make the theft public immediately, following consultation with West Midlands...
[21 Jan 2008]
News The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined Norwich Union Life £1.26m for failing to manage customer data adequately, resulting in financial crimes such as identity theft being committed against its customers.
[17 Dec 2007]
News Public confidence in data security has been sorely tested by a series of high profile data breach incidents in both the public and private sector over the past few years, including the loss of 25 million child benefit records by HMRC last month...
[11 Dec 2007]
News The theft was undertaken at 21:17(GMT) on Thursday when between three and five men, dressed as policemen, gained entry to the data centre by claiming there were reports of people on the roof of the building.
[10 Dec 2007]
News But despite this, and the rising levels of laptop theft and high-profile examples of data loss, businesses are failing to understand the need to encrypt their hard drives or better protect sensitive data, according to separate research conducted...
[06 Nov 2007]
News Any UK data breach notification laws are just the start of addressing the wider identity theft problem, according to a group of security experts. Smith added data breach notification is simply a "sticking plaster" in the fight against identity...
[23 Oct 2007]
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]
News The security company said further evidence of more organised malicious online activity is an increase in 'underground economy servers' used by criminals to buy and sell stolen information to carry out identity theft.
[17 Sep 2007]
News The guidelines were developed before there was data collected on the cost to consumers of identity theft and security breaches, he said. While Google is leading a charge to create a global privacy standard for how companies protect consumer data...
[14 Sep 2007]
News Loans.co.uk has warned customers they could be at the risk of identity theft after personal data was leaked in a data security breach. The loans website will not reveal how many customers have been affected or how the breach happened but admitted...
[13 Sep 2007]
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