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Criminals hack chip and PIN terminals
News Jane Milne, British Retail Consortium (BRC) director of business environment, added in a statement: "Customers should be assured that UK retailers always take the protection of cardholder data seriously and are continuing to invest millions of... [14 Aug 2008]
Robots on the beat by 2084
News Sharkey said in a statement: "These robot developments could be extremely beneficial in the protection of citizens and police in the hands of benevolent governments. Robocop will become a reality within the next 75 years according to a top UK... [13 Aug 2008]
Consumers reluctant to give financial details online
News In reaction to the results, Information Commissioner Richard Thomas said in a statement: "If organisations fail to meet their data protection obligations they not only risk enforcement action by the ICO, they also risk losing the trust of their... [12 Aug 2008]
Ministry of Justice loses 45,000 records
News The MoJ didn't notify more than 30,000 of the 45,016 affected by the data breaches, first when MoJ supplier records were compromised in June 2007 and then when the names, addresses, birth dates and alleged offences relating to 3,648 people were... [25 Jul 2008]
Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News Earlier this month Barclays offered all its online customers free Kaspersky security software, including parental controls as well as protection from spam, adware, spyware and viruses. The UK's third-largest bank said this week that it has... [18 Jul 2008]
Privacy watchdog to get power to raid
News The government said it is important the information commissioner is able to enforce the Data Protection Act in a rapidly changing environment. The way we use and protect information affects our ability to deliver better public services... [17 Jul 2008]
Soham report IT systems still not in place
News In his review of criminality information Sir Ian Magee said: "All of these taken together suggest that some of the recommendations in the Bichard report most likely to have an impact on public protection have yet to be fully delivered.silicon.com... [17 Jul 2008]
Location-based services mean business
News Bonte said in a statement: "As the reliability and performance of mobile enterprise solutions improves and the concerns about maintenance costs, data protection and integrity are addressed, corporations will increasingly adopt mobile solutions and... [17 Jul 2008]
Privacy chief fights UK-wide database
News A database of all calls, emails and internet traffic, to be stored by the Home Office for at least 12 months, is thought to be included under proposals for "modifying procedures for acquiring communications data" in the draft Communications Data... [15 Jul 2008]
Aviva strikes $1bn BPO deal
News We get the benefit of continued supply and expertise but with better protection from inflation and exchange rates. Insurance giant Aviva is to sell off its offshore operations and outsource $1bn worth of back-office work. [11 Jul 2008]
UK must overhaul data sharing rules
News Whitehall has neither the framework nor the leadership to properly protect the public's personal data, a review by Information Commissioner Richard Thomas and Mark Walport, director of the Wellcome Trust has found.silicon.com's Full Disclosure... [11 Jul 2008]
iPhone 3G: The wait is over
News The iPhone 3G can be wirelessly synchronised with a Windows PC, and has security features such as support for Cisco IPsec VPN and WPA2 Enterprise with 802.1x authentication for wi-fi network protection. [11 Jul 2008]
ID cards face student scorn
News She said the two fingerprints and photograph stored on the card would provide greater protection against identity theft and help fight illegal working, immigration abuse and serious crime. People aged 16 to 25 have been using the site MyLifeMyID... [09 Jul 2008]
EU law to end file-sharers time online?
News The 'telecoms package', which on Monday gained approval by the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO), has sparked concern over its support for greater collaboration between ISPs and the content industry - an association that... [09 Jul 2008]
Privacy concerns over Google Street View
News The Information Commissioner's Office has said it has concerns about Google's Street View and thinks the company could be breaching data-protection law. The Google service, which was first made available to a European audience last Thursday, shows... [09 Jul 2008]
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