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Yahoo! profits dip - yet claims 'strong' Q2
News Using generally accepted accounting principles, the company's net income decreased 19 per cent from $161m in the year-earlier quarter to $131m. Yahoo! s earnings for its second quarter came in one cent lower than expectations, with net income... [23 Jul 2008]
Need for "radical change" in gov't data handling
News The minister spoke of the need for 'data minimisation' - that is, only holding as much data as is necessary to provide a service - and following other data-protection principles, such as only providing access to data for the purposes for the data... [26 Jun 2008]
Femtocell market hotting up
News Agreeing principles for interoperability between femtocell access points and femto gateways is crucial for the longer term success of the tech, according to the Forum, which said it is collaborating with mobile operator body the GSMA and broadband... [21 May 2008]
Outlawed: Reckless loss of data
News The prospect of substantial fines for deliberate or reckless breaches of the data protection principles will act as a strong deterrent and help ensure that organisations take their data protection obligations more seriously. [12 May 2008]
Phorm defends 'traffic-analysis' methods
News Almost incidentally, because the system is unlawful to operate, it cannot comply with data-protection principles. The company behind an ISP-based web advertising user-tracking system has denied claims what it is doing is illegal. [11 Apr 2008]
HSBC loses 370,000 customers' details
News We have, in the past, taken action where we felt firms had not met those principles. HSBC faces possible investigation by the UK's financial watchdog after admitting losing a CD containing the details of 370,000 customers. [07 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... [03 Apr 2008]
Microsoft strikes back at open source critics
News Microsoft said, however, its new interoperability principles operate across its high-volume products: Windows Vista (including the .Net Framework), Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, Office 2007, Exchange Server 2007 and Office SharePoint... [18 Mar 2008]
Do proposed guidelines for online ads cut the mustard?
News In proposed privacy principles unveiled in December, the FTC said websites should provide a "clear, consumer-friendly and prominent statement" that data is being collected for targeted ads. Our principles strike the appropriate balance between... [25 Feb 2008]
Microsoft to embrace open-source and says won't sue
News It laid out four principles aimed at making its high-volume enterprise software support standards and better handling data from non-Microsoft software. Microsoft has announced changes in its business practices to work better with software from... [22 Feb 2008]
silicon.com victory in Full Disclosure data campaign
News Criminal charges would be brought "for knowingly or recklessly failing to comply with the data protection principles so as to create a substantial risk that damage or distress will be caused to any person". [31 Jan 2008]
ICO: Make 'reckless' data loss an offence
News In a document submitted to government, 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 the principles" of the... [31 Jan 2008]
Carphone Warehouse in data protection breach
News The enforcement notice was served on the companies by the ICO a week ago, following the issuing of a preliminary enforcement notice in October last year notifying them of the breach of four principles of the Data Protection Act. [16 Jan 2008]
SAP to sell TomorrowNow
News In its recent preliminary fourth quarter announcement, SAP noted in its footnote about its US Gaap (generally accepted accounting principles) requirements that the company is "required to present its results of discontinued operations [TomorrowNow... [16 Jan 2008]
Hillary Clinton talks tech
News And it is the basic principles of neutrality and non-discrimination that have allowed the internet to flourish. Thanks to these principles, a small business has been able to market to the same customers as the biggest corporation. [03 Jan 2008]
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