Data breaches in the UK across all sectors have increased an average of more than tenfold in the past five years, security firm Imation has uncovered. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) revealed the figures in response to a ...
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Stoke-on-Trent City Council has been fined 120,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for breaching the Data Protection Act. A solicitor that worked within the organisation was found to have sent 11 emails containing ...
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The European Commission (EC) is considering making it mandatory for companies to report cyber attacks to harness the benefits of open dialogue, says vice-president Neelie Kroes. Despite industry opposition, open discussion about cyber ...
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Simon Davies, founder of Privacy International, has blasted the online gaming industry for inadequately protecting gamblers' privacy and failing to adhere to basic principles of data protection. Further reading Information Commissioner ...
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The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has slammed what it calls "an underlying problem with data protection in local government". It comes after four councils were fined a combined £300,000 for losing personal data. Leeds City ...
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The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) investigated the men following complaints from consumers, and has put an additional eight companies on notice that they face action, including fines if it is proved they are sending out unwanted ...
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The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has handed out fines totalling £300,000 to four different councils for a variety of data breaches. The ICO also criticised local government agencies for continued poor attitudes to data ...
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Essex County Council is to upgrade ICT services for 200,000 users in an 81m euros next generation network(NGN)contract that also aims to cut costs. The council awarded the NGN contract to Daisy Updata Communications Limited(DUCL),a joint ...
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Essex County Council is to upgrade ICT services for 200,000 users in an GBP 81m next generation network (NGN) contract that also aims to cut costs. The council awarded the NGN contract to Daisy Updata Communications Limited (DUCL), a ...
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The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has imposed a monetary penalty of 175,000 on an NHS Trust in Torquay after the sensitive details of over 1,000 employees were published accidentally on the Trust’s website. Staff at ...
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The Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has been hit with pound 325,000 monetary penalty for breaching the Data Protection Act. The penalty is the highest since the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) was granted the ...
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the UK are up in arms about the last-minute changes made to policy on the newly-enforced cookie law. Since 26 May, UK website owners have been required by law to ensure the sites obtain users' opt-in ...
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Businesses will face tough penalties for failing to secure personal data under new European legislation. Companies could face fines of up to 2% of their turnover for breaching a proposed EU data protection law. “It is ...
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Phil Shoesmith, head of IT for the Alzheimer's Society charity, has called on Salesforce to keep its promise to build a datacentre in the European Union (EU). The Alzheimer's Society helps 100,000 suffers of dementia in England, Wales and ...
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A member of hacktivist group Anonymous has claimed responsibility for a hack targeting GoDaddy,the world's largest domain name registrar,which has resulted in thousands of websites being brought down. The US service provider hosts ...
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