June 2013

21 June 2013 In 2010 the CEO for Facebook, Max Kelly, left to join the National Security Agency (NSA). He moved from protecting the information of over a billion Facebook [...]

17 June 2013 Once again it has been stressed that encryption definitely works as a method to keep your personal data private. Recently through the Guardian Website and an event [...]

Introduction The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) has empowered the US government to gain access to the servers of nine major internet companies. The project has been named appropriately as [...]

10 June 2013 Leaked documents have brought to light that US governments have the ability to access detailed records of individuals smartphone and internet activity via a scheme called ‘Prism’. [...]

7 June 2013 20 143 individuals information has been compromised following the loss of two laptops containing unencrypted information belonging to Glasgow City Council.  The laptops were stolen on 28 [...]

3 June 2013 The ICO have issued a monetary penalty of £100,000 to Stockport Primary Care Trust following a breach of the data protection act. A site previously owned by [...]