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News The roof repairs are expected to be completed by the end of March 2009 and will stop leaking water from destroying the mansion's decorative plasterwork, painted ceilings, timber panelling and fine fireplaces. [06 Nov 2008]
End of data losses no loss to NHS Lothian
News That's why we need the granularity of 'that device is fine, that isn't'," he said. Inspired by a recent data loss, NHS Lothian has signed a deal with security outfit Lumension to encrypt its data. After a member of staff... [05 Nov 2008]
Multimillion pound boost for privacy watchdog
News Thomas, recently voted number three on silicon.com's Agenda Setters 2008 list, said his office will imminently get powers to fine companies, possibly for up to 10 per cent of their turnover, for reckless breaches of the... [29 Oct 2008]
HP-EDS job cuts: "It's business as normal"
News If that is the case then that would be fine, I just don't believe there is that level of duplication in the organisations. More details of the job losses at IT outsourcer EDS and its parent company HP are expected to... [09 Oct 2008]
Silent calls cost Barclaycard £50,000
News The fine, the maximum penalty Ofcom can hand down for breaching rules on silent and abandoned calls, followed an "extremely high number of silent calls" made by the card company's call centres. Ofcom chief exec Ed... [29 Sep 2008]
ID card 'will drown in a billion mismatches'
News Daugman also echoed the findings of the recent BAG report, which said there could be about four million elderly people in the UK whose fingerprint skin is either too dry or fine to take useful prints from. [26 Sep 2008]
One million ID cards every year from 2009
News Foreign nationals face a fine of up to £1,000 for not submitting to biometric scans for the cards. Smith was speaking at an event in London today where she revealed the design of the card for the first time. [25 Sep 2008]
Intel: Fresh air route to data centre cost slashing
News Intel used a normal air filter that took larger particles out of the air but not fine dust. Fresh air could save millions in data centre cooling costs, Intel has claimed, after a successful experiment in the New Mexico... [19 Sep 2008]
OLPC rivals get 'vicious'
News Some years from now we may not be making laptops at all and that's fine because we're not a for-profit company, we're not going to be a laptop company and we really are focused on the mission and the belief - it's a... [16 Sep 2008]
Watchdog demands data breach confessions
News The reckless loss of personal data became a civil offence earlier this year and the NCC called for the Information Commissioner's Office to be given more powers to fine offending private and public sector organisations. [01 Sep 2008]
"Shambolic" security behind Home Office data breach
News The key to lasting cultural change must… lie in the role of the Information Commissioner and in particular, the effective roll out (expected by the end of this year) of his new power to fine for deliberate or reckless... [27 Aug 2008]
Ministry of Justice loses 45,000 records
News The largest loss in January 2008 saw an "inadequately protected" laptop containing the names, dates of birth, addresses, offences, and - in a fifth of cases - national insurance numbers, of 14,000 fine defaulters go... [25 Jul 2008]
Privacy watchdog to get power to raid
News The government launched its consultation on the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) powers and funding following the Data Sharing Review, which recommended that the ICO be given more money and authority to fine... [17 Jul 2008]
Yahoo! has a reshuffle at the top
News Decker said: "We have planned these changes deliberately over the past several months to clarify responsibilities and to capitalise on the scale advantages while allowing for fine-tuning to meet local market needs. [27 Jun 2008]
EC pledges open standards support
News It then fined Microsoft again in 2008 for failure to pay the first fine. The European Commission has pledged to support open standards and promote interoperability, to avoid vendor lock-in of European governments to any... [12 Jun 2008]
