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Whitehall staff banned from removing laptops
News All Whitehall staff have been banned from removing laptops containing unencrypted personal data from offices in the wake of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) data loss.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com wants... [22 Jan 2008]
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More than 1,000 gov't laptops lost since 2001
News Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and government take data security more seriously. Government departments have misplaced more than 1,000 laptops and almost 500 mobile phones - either lost or stolen - since 2001. [01 Apr 2008]
ID fraud soars with laptops targeted for data
News If a laptop or a box of tapes has been misplaced - with no suggestion of any wrongdoing beyond simple human error - and the data is known to be reasonably secure then the company has a decision to make about the negative versus the positive... [28 Mar 2006]
MoD admits to more laptop thefts
News The Ministry of Defence has had two further laptops stolen, admitted Defence Secretary Des Browne.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com wants the government to review its data protection legislation and... [22 Jan 2008]
Exclusive: How safe is your laptop?
News The problem of data loss and accidental disclosure is being fuelled by a rise in the number of laptops stolen in the UK, silicon.com can reveal. Devon and Cornwall saw a 45 per cent increase (from 276 stolen laptops to 401). [08 May 2007]
Whitehall laptop ban hits driving agency performance
News Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and government take data security more seriously. The ban on removal of laptops and portable devices with unencrypted personal data was introduced across all government departments... [04 Apr 2008]
'Data guardians' keep a watch over HMRC
News Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and government take data security more seriously. More recently, silicon.com won a significant victory in its Full Disclosure campaign to make government toughen its data... [29 Feb 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]
Snatched laptop puts 40,000 at risk of ID fraud
News There has been a string of data breaches in the US in recent years, many of which were reported publicly because of new disclosure laws there. About 40,000 US Chicago Public Schools (CPS) employees are at risk of identity fraud after two laptops... [10 Apr 2007]
Revealed: The full cost of a corporate data breach
News Costs for financial services firms were higher, which the report said reflected that customers of these organisations have high expectations of trust and privacy - so banks have more to lose from a data breach.silicon.com's Full Disclosure... [25 Feb 2008]
Re:Viewing 2006: The year in security
News That led silicon.com to call for the introduction of US-style laws demanding full disclosure from companies on data breaches. The UK government for starters has had more than its fair share of bad luck with mobile phones and laptops in recent times... [14 Dec 2006]
Stolen laptop puts 16,000 council staff at risk
News She wouldn't confirm when the robbery took place, however, but said this non-disclosure was a deliberate attempt not to alert the laptop thief to the potentially sensitive data they may now have in their possession. [28 Feb 2007]
Editor's Blog: Another blow to identity fraudsters
Comment Seven months after we launched our Full Disclosure campaign calling for a rethink of legislation in this area, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is now asking that knowingly or recklessly breaching the Data Protection Act should be made... [06 Feb 2008]
Dear silicon.com... wi-fi CCTV, BBC iPlayer, skills shortage, robots...
Comment Full Disclosure - full support How many more laptops need to be 'discovered' on the back seats of 'cabs' before this government finally acts. Skills crisis? What skills crisis? Techie shortage costing us billions, says Europe [13 Sep 2007]
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