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RSS breachICO: Data breach law moves closer
News Deputy information commissioner David Smith said proposals to revise the EU's ePrivacy Directive could be the "catalyst" needed to get data breach notification into UK law. Smith said: "There is increasing pressure to... [03 Jul 2008]
Security breach strikes student loan site
News The US Department of Education (DoE) has disabled the online payment feature for its Federal Student Aid site, following a security breach that could affect up to 21,000 borrowers. A US House of Representatives committee... [25 Aug 2006]
Cost of a Data Breach
White Paper This webcast summarizes the actual costs incurred by 31 organizations after a data breach; including the average cost per compromised record and the impact a data breach has on consumers. This webcast... [02 Oct 2009]
Compliance: The California Security Breach Notification Act (SB 1386)
White Paper The California Security Breach Notification Act states that any business or agency that uses a computer to store confidential personal information about a California resident must immediately notify that individual upon... [15 May 2008]
'Stronger data breach laws needed in Asia'
News Governments in Asia need stronger data-breach laws to ensure businesses improve the security of their customer data, according to a senior CA executive. Strong data-breach laws would also ensure... [28 Sep 2007]
MasterCard data breach: Lawsuit demands damages
News A class action lawsuit filed after millions of credit card accounts were compromised by a data breach at payment processor CardSystems Solutions now also demands unspecified monetary damages for consumers and merchants. [07 Jul 2005]
Tech companies back data breach law
News An exclusive peek at the preliminary results ofa survey of Intellect members on the subject of data breach notification shows just over half are in favour of legislation - and the same proportion said such legislation... [02 Oct 2007]
How to recover from a data breach
Comment The Privacy Commissioner has outlined the key steps, broken down into four key steps: breach containment and preliminary assessment; evaluation of the risks associated with the breach; notification; and... [09 Feb 2009]
2008 Study on the Uncertainty of Data Breach Detection: Report of IT Practitioners in the United Kingdom
White Paper First, the process of notifying every customer of a data breach that perhaps involved only a portion of these individuals can be an unnecessary and major expense. Second, it demonstrates that the organization was not... [11 Jun 2009]
Data breach rules 'creating uncertainty for execs'
News Earlier this month silicon.com launched its Full Disclosure campaign, calling for the government to consider legislation that would require organisations that suffer information security breaches to alert their customers if there is a... [24 Jul 2007]
Data breach hits thousands of motorists
News Another week, another data breach. We are calling for greater public debate and for the government to consider legislation that would require organisations that suffer information security breaches to alert their... [12 Dec 2007]
Web security breach exposes 54,000 card details
News The breach was discovered on 19 July after the council hired an independent security expert to try and crack its systems. The council has informed the banks, police and the Information Commissioner about the... [27 Jul 2007]
EU privacy law shake-up to force data breach confessions
News European data protection supervisor Peter Hustinx said there is growing pressure within the European Parliament to create a data breach notification law as part of a shake-up of privacy law. Hustinx said: "I would be... [28 Oct 2008]
Network Solutions suffers another security breach
News Network Solutions' domain name servers were the target of yet another security breach yesterday when over 50 European companies were left without domain names. In an ongoing series of attacks since the weekend, trouble... [14 Apr 2000]
2008 Study on the Uncertainty of Data Breach Detection in the United States
White Paper A recent data breach involving Lending Tree, a mortgage lender, illustrates the risk posed by the malicious insider. According to reports of the breach, outside loan companies may have accessed... [11 Jun 2009]
