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RSS prosecutionT-Mobile workers accused over customer record sales
News T-Mobile employees have been accused of selling millions of customer records and could face prosecution by the UK's privacy watchdog, the Information Commissioner's Office. The data alleged to have been sold included... [18 Nov 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Facebook saves teen from prison
Comment The prosecution dropped the charge after experts testified that the messages were typed on his father's PC, a fact supported by witness statements also placing him in the area at that time. Compiled on the M6 while... [16 Nov 2009]
Soca's cybercrime cops score 21 convictions
News And while 21 may seem like a small number of prosecutions for three years' work, Johnson said "prosecution is only one of a number of tools available to help achieve harm reduction". The UK's cybercrime unit has helped... [15 Jul 2009]
Photos: The UK's top CIOs
Photo David Jones, CIO of the Crown Prosecution Service and another of this year's top 50 IT chiefs. Photo credit: Chris Beaumont/CBS Interactive The champagne reception brought together some of the top CIOs in the country,... [19 Jun 2009]
Photos: What Brown's reshuffle means for tech
Photo Johnson can also expect to face fresh pleas from lawyers for Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon, who made unsuccessful appeals to Smith to block his extradition to the US to face prosecution. Following a week of political turmoil... [10 Jun 2009]
David Jones
CIO Profile David Jones joined the Crown Prosecution Service as CIO and director of business information systems early last year after a number of technical roles in the Army. Prior to joining the CPS, Jones ran the Defence Fixed... [01 Jun 2009]
Maintaining Crime Scene Integrity
White Paper When it comes to investigating these compromises, successfully determining the source and full extent of the breach in a manner sufficient for prosecution is often predicated on whether or not basic evidentiary... [30 May 2009]
NHS warned: It's time to beat the breaches
News Typically, data losses are investigated locally by the police, and where appropriate, disciplinary action or prosecution can apply. The Information Commissioner's Office is putting pressure on the NHS to improve data... [26 May 2009]
IP infringement fines to rise
News However, intellectual-property expert Iain Connor, a partner at law firm Pinsent Masons, told ZDNet UK that people sharing files would be unlikely to face UK prosecution. The UK government is to increase the maximum fine... [07 May 2009]
Teen Twitter worm writer lands job in IT
News Asked earlier in the week about the prosecution scenario for Mooney, Jennifer Granick, an attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, said in an email: "If he's 17, he will not be federally prosecuted and the... [20 Apr 2009]
From army officer to IT chief - CPS CIO David Jones
Comment For David Jones, the role of CIO at the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is something of a departure: for the majority of his career, Jones has been an army officer. Before joining the CPS 14 months ago, Jones was more... [08 Apr 2009]
Demystifying Web 2.0: Opportunities, Threats, Defenses
White Paper Legal prosecution -- for illegal activities or regulatory breaches Every new technology introduced into the enterprise brings with it new threats. Web 2.0 is no different, with threats including: Infection and downtime... [18 Mar 2009]
CPS refusal pushes Nasa hacker step closer to extradition
News The Crown Prosecution Service has decided it will not prosecute self-confessed Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon in the UK, edging him closer to extradition to the US. McKinnon's diagnosis with Asperger's Syndrome, a condition... [27 Feb 2009]
Legal Eye: Does Home Office online surveillance go too far?
Comment Key issues: Protection vs prosecution: The balancing act between individual right to privacy and common need to prevent cybercrime Cross-border implications: Should access to information from UK PCs be shared... [21 Jan 2009]
Will Nasa hacker be prosecuted in UK?
News The Crown Prosecution Service will give a decision in the next four weeks as to whether it will prosecute Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon. However, a prosecution in the UK by the Crown... [16 Jan 2009]
