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London councils fined £150,000 for unencrypted laptop thefts
Lost laptops containing personal sensitive data results in hefty ICO fines for two London councils.
Week in Review: Tech City and Google guilt
This week, David Cameron announced plans to turn the East End of London into a Silicon Valley rival and Google was told off by the ICO.
Google data protection breach was ‘significant’
The ICO says Google committed a serious breach of UK Data Protection Act during its Street View operation, but no fine has been imposed.
NHS loses more sensitive data
A junior doctor working at East & North Hertfordshire NHS Trust has lost a USB stick, containing sensitive data, on a train.
Hospital USB stick found in car park
Medical records from a secure hospital were left in the hands of a 12-year-old boy after he found an unencrypted USB stick in an Asda car park.
Companies face fines of £500,000 for losing data
As of today, the ICO has been granted powers to issue penalties of up to £500,000 for businesses or Government departments found in breach of the...
Will the threat of jail improve data protection?
In his latest Inside the Enterprise column, Stephen Pritchard talks about the Data Protection Act and how not knowing the ins and outs of it could...
Industry hits out at Gov's new internet snooping laws
Government-led shake up of UK's data monitoring laws prompts privacy concerns from industry.
Email blunder costs council £65,000
Cheshire East Council is slapped with a hefty fine after an email containing sensitive information was passed on to the wrong recipients.
ICO claims 'significant progress' in war on spam texts
The watchdog thinks it is close to catching those guilty of spam texting in the UK, after raiding an office in the north of England.
Gambler busted flogging stolen data to gaming firms
The ICO calls for stronger punishments as a gambler is caught selling bingo companies' customer data to the gaming industry.
ICO to make enquiries into El Reg email snafu
The Register accidentally sends out email addresses and names of 46,524 of its readers.
Public sector IT gets cookie law service
Socitm offers website owners help to comply with new EU web tracking directive.
Microsoft hopes to avoid Google Street View nightmare
The Redmond giant doesn't want to 'do a Google' as it collects data for location-based services.
CCTV service Internet Eyes forced into privacy changes
The ICO clamps down on the controversial CCTV viewing website after a clip appears on YouTube.
Is it time to criminalise data breach cover ups?
As the US proposes criminalising data breach cover ups, we explore whether the UK should do the same.
ICO slaps Surrey County Council with £120,000 fine
Surrey County Council gets hit with a £120,000 fine for misdirecting emails containing personal data.
ICO lays down data sharing Code of Practice
The ICO aims to establish cross-industry, cross-sector data best practices.
InfoSec 2011: The big themes
We look at the major talking points of this year's InfoSecurity conference.
InfoSec 2011: DPA breached after NHS security fail
The ICO raises concerns organisations are getting the basics wrong after an NHS Trust breaches the Data Protection Act.
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