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ICO supports prison sentences for serious breaches
In a response to an MoJ call for evidence, the ICO says it supports prison sentences for serious breaches of the Data Protection Act.
Trend Micro unveils threat-fighting tools for SMBs
Trend Micro has introduced its new Worry Free product, designed to help small firms prevent data leakage and protect themselves.
Plugging public sector data leaks
Inside the Enterprise: government bodies seem unable to take information security seriously. Unless they do, the public will remain wary of using...
BP loses oil spill claimant data
BP loses a laptop with plenty of personal information on, including social security numbers and addresses of claimants from the Deepwater Horizon...
Most employees admit ‘risk taking’
Employees appear happy to risk corporate data, a Symantec study finds.
Public workers slammed for data snooping
An investigation in Yorkshire shows how various public workers have been snooping on private data.
Private sector data breaches spike 58 per cent
Private data breaches spike, as the public loses confidence in businesses' ability to handle information.
Most workers would pilfer business data
Most workers would happily take corporate data when they leave their employer, an Imperva survey finds.
NHS Trust leaves medical data at bus stop
Yet another NHS organisation has been rapped by the ICO for losing sensitive data.
Does the ICO have enough power to stop data breaches?
With two breaches of the Data Protection Act being reported this week, we ask some experts whether the ICO is doing enough to help prevent data...
InfoSec 2011: Laptop loss costing European firms billions
European companies are losing billions thanks to laptops going missing, an Intel and Ponemon Institute study reveals.
Most of UK wants tougher data loss fines
The ICO may have handed out its first fines, but people still want stronger data protection laws, a survey shows.
Zurich hit with £2.27 million data loss fine
The FSA has given Zurich UK a hefty fine following a data loss incident in 2008.
Southwark Council warned after misplacing personal information
Personal details of over 7,000 people left behind in vacated building.
Hundreds of bank account details left at London pub
A contractor loses hundreds of bank account details, leaving them at a pub.
Government contractor axed over lost prisoner details
PA Consulting accepts its punishment for losing an unencrypted USB stick and causing the Home Office severe embarrassment.
Another week, another few million records lost
Bank details sold on eBay, prisoners’ records escape, UK PLC looks away.
Insolvency service loses four laptops
Yet another government agency loses confidential data, this time involving the directors of bankrupt British businesses.
Leicester City Council facing ICO investigation
The local authority loses home security and medical data of 4,000 elderly and vulnerable people.
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