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Unencrypted details of 43,000 pupils on stolen laptop
News Wigan Council has agreed to encrypt all data on portable devices in future after a laptop containing the unencrypted details of approximately 43,000 pupils across Wigan was stolen. By allowing... [07 Sep 2009]
How to secure your on-the-go data
Comment By using full-disk encryption for laptops, mobile phones and other forms of portable media, almost everything on the disk is rendered unreadable, including file names, temporary files, boot sectors and the swap space, with the exception... [30 Jul 2009]
Dear Google: 'Better protection please in Google Apps'
News Not only do many people not understand the privacy risks in using unencrypted services, but they don't know that they have the HTTPS default option and finding the settings to change isn't that easy, the letter says. [17 Jun 2009]
NHS warned: It's time to beat the breaches
News One incident cited was the loss from Cambridge University Hospital of an unencrypted USB stick, which was later recovered by a car-wash attendant. The information commissioner also censured North West London Hospitals... [26 May 2009]
Data Protection: Challenges for the Traveling User
White Paper The presenters discuss some of these risks such as lost or stolen systems with confidential data, unencrypted communications back to corporate systems, the increased exposure to malware and attacks... [02 Apr 2009]
Hospital bitten by watchdog over stolen laptops
News An unencrypted laptop containing the sensitive personal data of approximately 5,000 patients, including some health records, was stolen from the Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University NHS Trust. The laptops... [06 Feb 2009]
MoD breach: Data goes missing from "secure location"
News In January, the MoD admitted it had lost three unencrypted laptops containing details of 600,000 defence personnel. The MoD also revealed in July that 658 laptops had been stolen from it in four years. [10 Oct 2008]
Lost data total nears 30 million records
News June 2008: A laptop containing unencrypted details of 21,000 patients stolen from the car of a manager at Colchester University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. September 2008: Three hard drives are... [30 Sep 2008]
"Shambolic" security behind Home Office data breach
News The loss of a USB stick containing unencrypted data on 84,000 prisoners by a management consultancy working for the Home Office has been slammed as a "shambolic" failure by the IT security industry. This loss of data,... [27 Aug 2008]
Probe into loss of 21,000 hospital patient details
News A hospital trust has lost an unencrypted laptop containing details of thousands of patients. The Colchester hospital trust refused to confirm how much other patient data it held was unencrypted, citing... [30 Jun 2008]
UK hit by 100 data breaches in six months
News The breaches include unencrypted laptops going missing as well as computer discs, memory sticks and paper records. Information has been stolen, gone missing in the post and while in transit with a... [22 Apr 2008]
Laptop theft breaks data protection law
News The financial advisor company suffered the theft of an unencrypted laptop containing the personal details of 14,000 of its customers last December.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking... [21 Feb 2008]
Government admits to 200 more laptop thefts
News He said nearly all MoJ laptops are now being encrypted in the wake of the Whitehall-wide ban on the movement of unencrypted data imposed following the Ministry of Defence data loss last month that resulted from a... [19 Feb 2008]
BlackBerrys squashed by Whitehall data ban
News Government BlackBerrys and PDAs have been grounded by the Whitehall-wide ban on the movement of unencrypted personal data. The devices have fallen foul of the department-wide ban imposed by cabinet secretary Sir Gus... [04 Feb 2008]
Stolen M&S laptop contains 26,000 pension details
News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has threatened the retail giant with possible prosecution after the unencrypted data on a laptop was stolen from a contractor in April 2007. The data was... [25 Jan 2008]
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